His Dark Majestic.Fela Kuti was born royalty, despite coming from a middle class family. One of those gifted spirits whose very presence teems with potency, Olufela Olusegun Oludan Ransome-Kuti (Fela to his friends and fans) was majestic, arresting the attention or desire of all who encountered him. He was also a rousing rebel, founding his own state in defiance of the militant Nigerian government.Embodied.Born into a middleclass, but auspicious family in 1939, inheriting his reverend father's pulpit passion, and, from his feminist activist mother, his pride and defiance against authority, Fela Kuti would become Nigeria's most legendary artist, and an icon of rebellion.Sent to London to enroll in Medicine, Fela instead decided to attend studies in the art of sound, joining the Trinity College of Music... [ read more ]
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