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Hauts-de-Seine
—  Department  —
Coat of arms
Location of Hauts-de-Seine in France
Coordinates: 48°50′N 02°12′E / 48.833°N 2.2°E / 48.833; 2.2Coordinates: 48°50′N 02°12′E / 48.833°N 2.2°E / 48.833; 2.2
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Prefecture	Nanterre
Subprefectures	Antony Boulogne- Billancourt
Government
• President of the General Council	Patrick Devedjian (UMP)
Area1
• Total	176 km2 (68 sq mi)
Population (Jan 1, 2006 estimate)
• Total	1,536,100
• Rank	5th
• Density	8,700/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Department number	92
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	45
Communes	36
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Hauts-de-Seine (pronounced: [o.də.sɛn]; literally "Seine Heights") is designated number 92 of the 101 départements in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, and covers the western inner suburbs of Paris. It is small and densely populated and contains the modern office, theatre and shopping complex known as La Défense.

Geography[link]

Hauts-de-Seine and two other small départements, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, form a ring around Paris, known as the Petite Couronne (i.e. "little crown").

Administration[link]

Hauts-de-Seine is made up of three departmental arrondissements and 36 communes:

History[link]

The department of Hauts-de-Seine was created in 1968, from parts of the former départements of Seine and Seine-et-Oise. Its creation reflected the implementation of a law passed in 1964, and Nanterre had already been selected as the prefecture for the new department early in 1965.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the Hauts-de-Seine received national attention as the result of a corruption scandal concerning the misuse of public funds provided for the department's housing projects. Implicated were former minister and former President of the general council of the Hauts-de-Seine, Charles Pasqua, and other personalities of the RPR party. (See corruption scandals in the Paris region.)

Economy[link]

Hauts-de-Seine is France's second wealthiest département (behind Paris) and one of Europe's richest areas. Its GDP per capita was € 62,374 in 2003, according to INSEE official figures.

Demographics[link]

Place of birth of residents[link]

External links[link]

• (French) Website of the General council
• (French) Prefecture website

Seun Kuti
Seun Kuti @ Marsatac Festival 2008 (Marseille, France)
Background information
Birth name	Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti
Born	11 January 1983
Origin	Nigeria
Genres	Afrobeat
Instruments	Saxophone, vocals
Labels	Knitting Factory Records
Associated acts	Egypt 80
Website	Seun Kuti on Myspace

Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti (born 11 January 1983), commonly known as Seun Kuti, is a Nigerian musician, and the youngest son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun leads his father's former band Egypt 80.

Seun and his brother Femi are the two successful^{[citation needed]} musical offspring of the late Nigerian afrobeat innovator Fela Kuti. Seun has one younger sister who used to sing in his band. At the age of nine Seun expressed the wish to sing to his father^{[citation needed]}. A short while later Seun started acting as a sort of mascot and would sing a few songs backed by Egypt 80 before his father took to the stage. Since then, Seun has followed the political and social ethos of his father.

After Fela’s death of AIDS in 1997 Seun, then only 14 years old, became the lead singer of Egypt 80. While in school Seun had to choose between a career in music and one in African Football for which he has an outstanding talent^{[citation needed]}. He had a friend performing for crowds too, sometimes consisting of only 3 or 4 people. He honed his musical skills for several years. Those skills were showcased to the world with his 2008 debut album, Many Things, produced by Martin Meissonnier, who had already produced two albums for his father.

About three-fourths of the current Egypt 80 line-up consists of musicians that not only played with Fela Kuti, but often were arrested and harassed alongside the founder of the Afrobeat movement. Live sets consist of both new material and originals from Seun’s father. During his lifetime Fela Kuti never performed songs he had recorded, so for many fans this is their first chance to enjoy classics like Shuffering and Shmiling, Colonial Mentality and Army Arrangement in a live setting. A new studio album called "From Africa with Fury: Rise" was released on 5 April 2011.

Seun Kuti is featured in Calle 13's song "Todo se mueve" (Everything Moves), on their 2010 album Entren los que quieran.

His last album, From Africa With Fury: Rise, was recorded in London, produced by Brian Eno, John Reynolds and Seun himself.

He participated actively in the Occupy Nigeria protests against the fuel subsidy removal policy of President Goodluck Jonathan in his native Nigeria, in January 2012.

Seun Kuti and the Egypt 80 Orchestra performing at Celebrate Brooklyn 2011. Prospect PArk, Brooklyn, NY

Discography[link]

• Think Africa (12", 2007)
• Many Things (CD & LP album, 2008, Tôt ou Tard)
• Many Things (CD & LP album, 2008, Disorient Records)
• From Africa With Fury: Rise (2011, Knitting Factory Records/Because Music)

See also[link]

• Ransome-Kuti family
• Femi Kuti

External links[link]

• The Unofficial Fan-Site – Unofficial fan-site for Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 with news, videos, music, pictures and much more (French or English)]
• The Shrine – Unofficial website for Fela Kuti and Afrobeat Music with news, bio's, tour dates, gig reviews, interviews, and lyrics.
• Podcast interview with Seun Kuti and excerpts from his music on flyglobalmusic.com
• Seun Kuti / Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 discographies at Discogs
• Seun Kuti on Myspace
• Kokolo Official Homepage
• Afropop Worldwide's Slideshow of Seun Kuti's Debut NYC Appearance, July 2007
• Biography at Planète Aurora
• June 2008 Interview with L.A. Record
• Audio interview with Kuti on The Sound of Young America
• Musical warrior. Interview in The Sydney Morning Herald, February 21, 2009.
• [1]. Interview for CFM, a French radio, released during a jazz festival on July 2009.
• [VIDEO] Interview with Seun Kuti at his home in Lagos, Nigeria (August 2010).