Fela Kuti's musical style is called Afrobeat. It is a style he largely created, and is a complex fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, psychedelic rock and traditional Nigerian, African chants and rhythms. Afrobeat also borrows heavily from the native "tinker pan". #TonyAllen (Kuti's drummer of twenty years) was instrumental in the creation of Afrobeat. Kuti once stated that "there would be no Afrobeat without #TonyAllen". There were always two or more guitarists. The electric West African style guita
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Remembering the great Fela Kuti who was born this week in 1938. He was regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, which fused American blues, jazz, and funk with traditional Yoruba music. Fela’s musical life spanned through a period of almost four decades, from the 1960s through to the 1990s. Following his 1969 tour of the United States, where he was influenced by the politics of Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Kuti’s music became increasingly politicized. Initially he sang songs that were
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Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is a new podcast from Higher Ground that tells the story of a musical genius from Nigeria who made some music that I really love — combining funk, jazz, and soul into a whole new genre called Afrobeat. It’s a beautiful show about a unique figure in music history who mixed art with activism. I can’t wait for you to hear it. Check out Fela Kuti: Fear No Man right now on Audible and wherever you get your podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fela-kuti-fear-no-man/id
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The world celebrates Fela Kuti for his activism, suffering and creativity. The legendary Nigerian musician and activist created the Afrobeat music movement; a complex fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, psychedelic rock and traditional Nigerian, African chants and rhythms. He believed he was sent to preach “Blackism and Africanism, the plight of (his) people.” Called “the Abami Eda” (the mystic one) by his fans. He is revered for creating the Afrobeat sound, drawing from diverse Afro-musical inspira
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