Fela Kuti Box Set #6 will be curated by none other than Idris Elba! This volume features the classic records Open & Close, Music of Many Colours, Stalemate, I Go Shout Plenty!!!, Live in Amsterdam, and Opposite People. Out December 1st - available for pre-order now.
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āWith my music, I create changeā¦I am using my music as a weaponā.
Donāt forget to #voteforfela daily until May 7th for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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VOTEFELA from now until May 7. Vote daily to induct Fela into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
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*** NEW Fela Kuti documentary Tonight on UK TV ***
Arenaās āFela Kuti: Father of Afrobeatā will broadcast on the BBC 2 channel tonight (21/11/2020) at 21:30 GMT in the UK. Directed by Biyi Bandele, this new documentary features exclusive testimony reveals the multifaceted man behind the maverick performer, this and many more.
Please check your locate listings if your country has the BBC 2 channel within your TV package āas Iām fully aware some European countries do have the BBC 2 channelā. The documentary will be available to watch on demand via the BBC iPlayer after the live broadcast.
Enjoy
Yeah Yeah.
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Made Kuti - Felaās grandson and Femi Kuti's son - has a new song out now! Everybody listen to āFree Your Mindā. #legacy watch video on watch page
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Today, in 1938, a legend was born. Happy Birthday Fela! To everyone celebrating #Felabration this week, comment your favourite Fela song below.
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Felabration 2020 starts next week! Everybody say #yeahyeah. More info here: felabration.net/
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Tony Allen, the pioneering Afrobeat drummer whose work with Fela Kuti and Africa 70 defined a genre, has died.
Tony Allen (1940-2020)
"Perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived." (Brian Eno)
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Congratulations to boxer Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua during last weekend win in the main event for the World Heavyweight titles. Anthony strutted up toward the fight to the ring accompanied by the distinctive beat of Fela Kuti's tune Water No Get Enemy and by Femi Kuti's 'Fight to Win' .
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Happy Black Friday!
15% OFF ALL MUSIC (box sets, vinyl, CDs, and cassettes), excluding pre-order titles + digital.
Offer ends Friday December 6. Use code FELAKUTI15.
www.felakuti.com #yeahyeah
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Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (born 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria) began his career playing jazz and highlife. He formed his first band in London in 1959 while studying at Trinity College of Music. In the early 1970s, Fela created Afrobeat, which rapidly became the most avidly followed style across West Africa. Afrobeatās revolutionary politics brought Fela into violent conflict with successive Nigerian military regimes, which made many attempts to suppress him and once sent in the army to burn down his communal home, Kalakuta Republic. Fela refused to be silenced. He rebuilt Kalakuta and at his Lagos club, the Afrika Shrine, continued to make fierce, and always supremely danceable, music until a few weeks before his passing in 1997. Felaās legacy lives on through his family.
Read more about Fela's life here: felakuti.com
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