Fela in Concert - 1981 was released on:
USA: 1 August 2001
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti died on August 2, 1997 at the age of 58.
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Fela Kuti was born in Abeokuta, in south west Nigeria, in 1938.
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Fela Kuti's birth name is Olufela Olusegum Oludotun Ransome-Kuti.
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti died on August 2, 1997 at the age of 58.
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Fela is the essentially the Mirabel Sisters "nanny". She is the one who makes the Alter after the girls Papa died, and Dede flips out.
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Finding Fela - 2014 was released on:
USA: 17 January 2014 (Sundance Film Festival)
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Fela Kuti often wrote about political discourse. He used his music to condemn dictatorships, such as the Nigerian militaristic governments.
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Fela Kuti didn't have a perticular theme to his music but if you insist he did, you'd be most accurate if you said his theme was jazz.
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born on October 15, 1938 and died on August 2, 1997. Fela Anikulapo Kuti would have been 58 years old at the time of death or 76 years old today.
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Fela Anikulapo, a Nigerian born native, was an instrumental musician and composer who was considered a pioneer of Afrobeat music, in addition to activism.
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Fela Kuti played the best jazz instrument there is, the beloved saxophone. He also played the keyboard.He also played guitar and trumpet.
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Fela Kuti is from the West African country of Nigeria. Kuti is renowned for pioneering the Afrobeat and such catchy tunes as 'Teacher Don't teach Me No Nonsense'.
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because they was mean to him because he was black.
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FELA exists to protect the rights of railroad employees to coverage for their medical bills, lost income and other costs after injuries incurred at work. The Act is a very specific sector of law, and not all lawyers practice FELA law. It's in the best interests of an injured railroad worker to seek out and consult a FELA attorney for knowledgeable, experienced representation.
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Yes, Fela Kuti was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most prolific recording artist in the world, with over 200 albums to his name during his career.
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He married 27 wives. On 18 February 1978 he married the entire female entourage of his band in a ceremony conducted by a Yoruba priest. The group marriage lasted until Fela's release from prison in 1985. Stating that he no longer believed in marriage, he divorced the 12 wives that were still with him. Many, however, remained part of his entourage until his death.
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the nigerian goverment, and he predicted the future of music and politcs in nigeria.
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti created the kind of music known as Afrobeat. It is a genre of music that originates from juju music- very popular among the Yorubas in Nigeria,jazz music and infusion of musical instruments, most prominently, the saxophone. Fela was a good saxophonist. His lyrics were usually written in 'pidgin' English, a corrupted form of british English spoken in rural English-speaking West Africa. The message in his music is Liberation for the poor and Equality among men. I am not his ardent,but what African is he who doesn't love 'Fela the Fella' Ebighe Lugard. 08131084995
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Musically - James Brown, Geraldo Pino and the musician Fela respected most was George Frideric Handel
Politically he was influenced by the black nationalist views of african americans when he visited L.A. in 1969, particularly Malcolm X, Eldridge Cleaver
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Fela Kuti was a pioneer of Afrobeat music. His songs were mostly sung in Nigerian Pidgin. Some of his more popular songs were - Lady, Shakara, Gentlemen, Water no Get Enemy. Sorrow Tears and Blood and Zombie were also some of his more popular songs.
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Yes. He has two kids: a son named Amani Fela and a daughter named Diyani Eshe.
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Fela Fresh from Africa - 2006 was released on:
USA: 14 February 2006 (Pan African Film Festival)
USA: 29 April 2006 (New York African Film Festival)
USA: 2 December 2006 (Brooklyn Academy of Music Festival)
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