Fela Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.
He was primarily known as the creator of "Afrobeat", a combination of jazz, james brown-esque funk, and traditional African chants and
rhythms; So popular was his particular brand of this style, that during his lifetime he utterly failed to have rivals, essential sustaining a
monopoly over the genre which lasted well after he has died, and even to this day the genre's sounds is still heavily indebted to him. Overall,
he was extremely prolific, ...read more
Fela Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.
He was primarily known as the creator of "Afrobeat", a combination of jazz, james brown-esque funk, and traditional African chants and
rhythms; So popular was his particular brand of this style, that during his lifetime he utterly failed to have rivals, essential sustaining a
monopoly over the genre which lasted well after he has died, and even to this day the genre's sounds is still heavily indebted to him. Overall,
he was extremely prolific, producing around 50 albums, typically composed of compositions which frequently ran over 10 minutes each. He was
one of the few African artists to have managed to amass a considerable following outside of his home continent, and remains one of Africa's
most well known and beloved musicians. « hide
