FELA KUTI More than a Nigerian composer and multi-instrumentalist‚ Fela Kuti was a musical genius that revolutionized the art of African music for a lifetime. One of Africa’s most controversial musicians‚ he continued to fight for the rights of the common African man in spite of being harassed‚ vilified‚ and even thrown in jail by the government of Nigeria. Born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti in Abeokuta‚ Nigeria on October 15‚ 1938‚ his family played an influential role on his political
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Fela Kuti was a prominent figure in Nigerian music. He was born on October 15th‚ 1938 and was born in Abeokuta‚ Nigeria. His mother was a feminist and anti-colonist. His father was in the Nigerian teacher’s union. Fela Kuti studied music in London and a while later‚ he formed a group called‚ “Koola Lobitos”. The style of music that Fela Kuti did was called Afrobeat‚ which is a combination of jazz‚ funk‚ Ghanaian/Nigerian high-life‚ and traditional West African rhythm. Fela Kuti was one of the
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markings on his face‚ Fela Anikolapo Kuti’s music brought chills on those who listened. There was something about the way he orchestrated his chords with a little bit of jazz‚ funky horns and blues that made people classify his music fit for the gods…So alluring. Everything about this man was an outburst of never ending creativity. The type some said boarded over the psychotic. But the real deal in his masterpieces wasn’t just the melody but the lyrics that flowed between them. Fela wrote music that made
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Fela Kuti was famous a Nigerian musician and politician activist. Fela used the power of music to convey the corruption and atrocity of the Nigerian regime. He became an influential and inspirational role model to the people Nigeria. Fela is known for his courage and outspokenness against the Nigerian dictatorship‚ attracted the admiration of most young Nigerians citizens at that time that were living in fear of the Nigerian regime. Fela used his music to convey the struggles and hardship he had
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Fela Kuti ShareThis Fela Anikulapo Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti‚ October 15 1938 - August 2 1997)‚ or simply Fela‚ was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer‚ pioneer of Afrobeat music‚ human rights activist‚ and political maverick. [edit] Music The musical style performed by Fela Kuti is called Afrobeat‚ which is essentially a fusion of jazz‚ funk‚ psychedelic rock‚ and traditional African chants and rhythms. It is characterized by having African-style
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Olufela Ransome-Kuti popularly known as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti‚ was a legendary Nigerian musician‚ songwriter‚ stage performer‚ multi-instrumentalist‚ human rights activist‚ and political activist. Fela was the pioneer of Afrobeat‚ a musical genre solely associated with Nigerian music. He was a prolific songwriter with over 70 albums to his name. Fela was born October 15‚ 1938‚ in Abeokuta‚ Nigeria and died August 2‚ 1997‚ in Lagos‚ Nigeria. In 1958‚ Fela was sent to London by his father to study medicine
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Afrobeat music was originated by Fela Anikulapo Kuti which became a unique popular kind of music emanating from Africa. Afrobeat is the fusion of different western stylistic elements including jazz with the with traditional Yoruba music. Afrobeat music by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is characterised by his distinct personality. A SHORT BACKGROUND ON FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born on October 15‚1938 to the family of Reverend Israel Ransome Kuti at Abeokuta in Ogun State‚ Nigeria. At
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The Effect Of Pop Culture on Kambili Throughout Purple Hibiscus Pop Culture has always had a huge effect of teenagers‚ some teenagers more than others. Although some teenagers are late bloomers‚ usually by some point all teenagers join the bandwagon. However‚ there are always outliers such as Amaka and Kambili in Purple Hibiscus by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichie. Amaka has grown up knowing pop culture‚ whereas Kambili has never known what pop culture even is. As her cousin Amaka pulls her into the
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In this essay I will reconstruct my first visit to Nigeria. The journey took place when I was seventeen in early 1993‚ during which time Nigeria was under the military rule of General Sanni Abacha. For the most part of my trip I stayed in Lagos‚ former capital state and still highly recognised as the commercial capital of Nigeria‚ although I did visit other parts of the country including Ondo State and Jos. Between this time and the time I left‚ in early 1994‚ I experienced and learnt a lot about
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a. Nigeria oil is a main part of the countries’ source of income and comprises 95% of their total exports. The nation is the 8th largest oil producer and the fifth largest supplier to America. Even though oil is so profitable‚ over half of Nigeria’s population lives below the poverty line.The extraction and demand for oil makes the government reckless in their pursuit for money‚ making Nigerian government corrupt. The population living below the poverty line live on two dollars day. 2. What can
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