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Fela Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), also known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti or simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, human rights activist, and political maverick.
Fela was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti on 15 October 1938 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria into an upper-middle-class family. His mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was a feminist activist in the anti-colonial movement; his father, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, a Protestant minister and school principal, was the first president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers. His brothers, Beko Ransome-Kuti and Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, both medical doctors, are well known in Nigeria. Fela was a first cousin to the Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
He attended the Abeokuta Grammar School in Abeokuta and later he was sent to London in 1958 to study medicine but decided to study music instead at the Trinity College of Music, the trumpet being his preferred instrument. While there, he formed the band Koola Lobitos, playing a fusion of jazz and highlife. In 1960, Fela married his first wife, Remilekun (Remi) Taylor, with whom he would have three children (Femi, Yeni, and Sola). In 1963, Fela moved back to Nigeria, re-formed Koola Lobitos and trained as a radio producer for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He played for some time with Victor Olaiya and his All Stars.
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Zombie (1976) Fela Kuti From the LP Zombie (CD release 2001) Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/1XsVy99 & Everybody say "Yeah Yeah" http://fela.net/discography/ This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/fela) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May. The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.
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Copyright 1975 Soundworkshops. 0:00 Expensive Shit 13:13 Water No Get Enemy
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fela kuti
fela kuti
Zombie (1976) Fela Kuti From the LP Zombie (CD release 2001) Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/1XsVy99 & Everybody say "Yeah Yeah" http://fela.net/discography/ This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/fela) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May. The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fela_Kuti http://www.fela.net/
Copyright 1975 Soundworkshops. 0:00 Expensive Shit 13:13 Water No Get Enemy
instagram: http://instagram.com/officialdjcityldj Entertainment Purpose Only....Every song in this mix belong to their respective owners. No copyright infringement intended!!! Download Link https://www.facebook.com/abcityentertainment?sk=app_2405167945 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abcityentertainment Twitter : https://twitter.com/abcityent YouTube:https://youtube.com/MrDJCity Web:http://www.abcityentertainment.com Sorry Guys Fela music cannot be put for free Download- Strong Copyright Law Fela Kuti in 1970 Background information Birth name Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti Also known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti Fela Ransome-Kuti Born 15 October 1938 Abeokuta, Nigeria Died 2 August 1997 (aged 58) Genres Afrobeat, Highlife Occupations Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, activist Instr...
1) Let's Start 2) Black man's Cry 3) Ye Ye de Smell 4) Egbe mi O 5) Ginger Baker and Tony Allen drum solo
Previously unreleased footage, live at the Zenith, Paris in 1984. The Best of the Black President 2 available now: http://smarturl.it/FelaBOBP2CDDVD Fela's entire back catalogue repackaged and remastered, also available now: http://amzn.to/YH6RvG
This tune, "Don't Gag Me - Je nwi Temi" showcases the fabulous Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 saxophonist, IGO CHICO directing dance floor traffic with his horn in a performance filmed by the great Cream drummer, Ginger Baker & his crew during his visit to Nigeria in 1971 by road across the Sahara.
Live With Ginger Baker (1971) Fela Kuti Songs include Let's Start / Black Man's Cry / Ye Ye De Smell /Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die) http://fela.net/discography/ This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/fela) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May. The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.
Fela opens his show with libation and introduces guests from Burkina Faso who he says are the only people he will allow to video anything at the Afrika Shrine. He goes on to yab the govt of the day and introduces Tuesday nights ladies night in popular fashion
Fela Anikulapo Kuti Live at the African Shrine TEACHER DO NOT TEACH ME NONSENSE 1987. Featuring Lekan Animashanu-Baritone Sax, Adesoji Odukogbe-Guitar, Fagbemi Rilwan A aka Showboy- Baritone Sax, YS Yinsax-Tenor Sax and many more
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Roforofo Fight (LP) (1972) Fela Kuti Songs include Roforofo Fight / Question Jam Answer / Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am / Go Slow http://fela.net/discography/ This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/fela) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May. The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.
Fela Kuti interview subtitled. I made this edit for my high school students in Los Angeles. I subtitled the video so that they would clearly understand what he is saying. I first heard Fela as a young teenager and learned a lot from his songs. In this song Fela is being Sarcastic of the Democracy (new Christianity) which Europeans (U.S.A) use to justify their continued colonialism just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also changed the word F--- and narrowed the image as to not show the cigarette so that I can show it in school. Thank you for all you comments
Fela Kuti was the main figure in Nigerian populair music. He has been in prison and tortured several times because of his criticism of the Nigerian government and the sell-out of African wisdom and religion, due to Evangelical and Christian missionary activities. Africans got their own Religion which is not inferior to Christianity and Islam. In his songs he criticised corruption and the exploitation of Africa by Multinationals like ITT.
Fragmento del documental "music is the weapon" http://www.arteafrikano.blogspot.com
Questlove speaks on the power of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti in this exclusive extended interview from the feature film "Finding Fela." http://findingfela.com/ SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBE_okayplayerTV Edited by: Alex Gaylon Okayafrica http://www.okayafrica.com http://www.facebook.com/okayafrica http://www.twitter.com/okayafrica Okayplayer http://www.okayplayer.com http://www.facebook.com/okayplayer http://www.twitter.com/okayplayer
http://fela.net/ http://www.facebook.com/felakuti http://www.twitter.com/felakuti This is part of a series of videos presenting the salutations of celebrities on the occasion of what would have been Fela's 75th birthday. Also on this day, 15th October, Knitting Factory Records are releasing Red Hot + Fela, a compilation album featuring interpretations of Fela songs by a raft of top drawer artists. All profits from this album go towards combatting AIDS. Paul McCartney describes meeting Fela, his visit to the Shrine and his favourite Fela song. Red Hot is an AIDS awareness organisation currently partnering with Knitting Factory Records to present a collection of cross-genre collaborations representing rock, hip-hop, Americana, and classical for an album release of Fela Kuti compositions...
Fela Anikulapo Kuti's Kalakuta and interview with Kalakutans 1987
rare fela interview edited
Foremost Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti as never seen nor heard before, spoke about many issues in his life in an exclusive interview with Channels Television. He spoke of his marriage "My marriage didn't last because, my wife didn't listen to me I told her I loved women. I like women around me and I will not be faithful to one woman. My wife wasn't comfortable with my fame and the women in my life and that was why we had to part ways"
FELA SPEAKS The year 2010 saw the extraordinary explosion of the brand name FELA with the re-issue of his life's work and the media success of the musical from Broadway to a London theatre. With all the euphoria around FELA, one major aspect missing is the emphasis on the man and what he stood for. From reports, Bill T. Jones did a great job with the musical from an aesthetic point of view however his representation of the man has nothing to do with Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Fela (in the musical) is portrayed as championing polygamy which was not the reason for his mass marriage, and projected as an indecisive man running to his mother for assurance and inspiration -- this also was not Fela to those of us who knew him. Without any prejudice to the on-going legal battle, I believe Bill T. ...
Eran na goat o, for Yoruba land
Eran na goat o, for Yoruba land
Him go bend him yansh him go shit
Him go commot away from him shit
Him shit go be the last thing wey he go like to see
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Obo na monkey for Yoruba land
Him go bend him yansh him go shit
Him go commot away from him shit
Him shit go be the last thing wey he go like to see
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Obinrin na woman for Yoruba land
Obinrin na woman for Yoruba land
She go bend she yansh she go shit
She go commot away from she shit
She shit go be the last thing wey she go like to see
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Okunrin na man for Yoruba land
Okunrin na man for Yoruba land
Him go bend him yansh him go shit
Him go commot away from him shit
Shit go be the last thing wey he go like to see
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Because why o? (Because the shit dey smell!)
Tell me now now
Me I be Fela, I be Black Power man
Me I be Fela, I be Black Power man
I go bend my yansh I go shit
I go commot away from the shit
The shit go be the last thing wey I go like to see
No be so for some fools wey I know
No be so for some stupid people I know
No be so for some fools wey I know
People wey go like to quench your soul
People wey go like to quench your soul
[Chorus]
En! Alagbon o
Them go use your shit to put you for jail
And don tell my shit too expensive shit
My shit na exhibit, it must not lost o
And don tell my shit too expensive shit
My shit na exhibit, it must not lost o
En! Alagbon o
En! Alagbon o
En! Alagbon o
En! Alagbon o