Fela Kuti
Nigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)
Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), or just Fela, was a Nigerian musician and composer who was very important in a genre called afrobeat. He played the saxophone, guitar, drums, keyboards and trumpet, and he sang. He was also a human rights activist.[1] The American singer James Brown said that Kuti was one of the originators (starters) of the funk genre.
Fela Kuti | |
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 Fela Kuti in 1970 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti |
| Born | 15 October 1938 Abeokuta, Nigeria |
| Origin | Abeokuta, Nigeria |
| Died | 2 August 1997 (aged 58) Lagos, Nigeria |
| Genres | Afrobeat |
| Occupation(s) | musician, activist |
| Instruments | Saxophone Vocals Keyboards Trumpet Guitar Drums |
| Years active | 1958–1997 |
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Kuti died in 1997 of Kaposi's sarcoma, an illness caused by AIDS.[2] In 2008 a musical production called Fela! was created, about Kuti's life and career.
References
change- ↑ Seattle Weekly: Barack Obama and the Original First Black President, archived from the original on 2009-07-17, retrieved 2009-07-17
- ↑ Farber, Jim (2009-11-21), "Fela Kuti: as Broadway musical 'Fela!' set to open, everything you need to know of Afrobeat legend", New York Daily News, archived from the original on 2009-11-27, retrieved 2009-12-27
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