Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is...
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Fela! is a jukebox musical with a book by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis, based on music and lyrics by the late Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, with additional...
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business consultant, leadership expert, politician, and motivational speaker. Fela is the president of the GEMSTONE Nation Builders Foundation, a non-profit...
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Tony Allen (musician) (category Fela Kuti)
and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa '70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the founders of the Afrobeat genre. Fela once stated that "without...
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This is a discography for Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela, a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human...
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Afrobeat (category Fela Kuti)
pioneered in the 1960s by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who popularised it both within and outside Nigeria. At the height of...
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My Friend Fela, (Portuguese: Meu Amigo Fela), is a 2019 Brazilian biographical documentary film directed by Joel Zito Araújo and produced by Luiza Botelho...
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Finding Fela is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney, portraying and analysing the life of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. The film had...
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Federal Employers Liability Act (redirect from FELA)
The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1908), is a United States federal law that protects and compensates railroaders injured...
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Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande MBE (29 May 1905 – 13 March 1987) was a Nigerian musician and composer. Considered the father of modern Nigerian...
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Felisa Rincón de Gautier (redirect from Doña Fela)
Felisa Rincón de Gautier (née Rincón y Marrero); also known as Doña Fela; January 9, 1897 – September 16, 1994) was a Puerto Rican politician who served...
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Tara Fela-Durotoye (born 6 March 1977) is a Nigerian beauty entrepreneur and lawyer. A pioneer in the bridal makeup profession in Nigeria, she launched...
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Label: Grappa Musikkforlag AS 34 — — — — — — — — — Trolle og den magiske fela Released: 2 December 2015 Format: Digital download, CD Label: Self-released...
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Red Hot + Riot (a.k.a. Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti) is the fourteenth in a series of music compilation projects produced by Paul...
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Live! is a live in-studio album recorded on July 25, 1971, by Fela Kuti's band Africa '70, with the addition of former Cream drummer Ginger Baker on two...
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is a Nigerian musician, singer and the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun leads his father's former band Egypt 80. Seun Kuti, following...
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military raid on family property. Ransome-Kuti's children included the musician Fela Kuti (born Olufela Ransome-Kuti), doctor and activist Beko Ransome-Kuti,...
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Remain in Light (redirect from Fela's Riff)
songwriter David Byrne. Drawing influence from Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti, they blended African polyrhythms and funk with electronics, recording...
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"Fela In Versace" is a single by South African rapper AKA from his third studio album Touch My Blood. It features Nigerian record producer Kiddominant...
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in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women's rights activist and...
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Ginger Baker (category Fela Kuti)
spent several years in the 1970s living and recording in Africa, often with Fela Kuti, in pursuit of his long-time interest in African music. Among Baker's...
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The Best Best of Fela Kuti is a 2-CD compilation album by Nigerian Afrobeat artist Fela Kuti, released in 1999 by MCA Records. It was issued in the United...
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Hayes Campus, he attended Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London which was Fela Kuti's alma mater. Made Kuti started out his musical career in childhood...
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Red Hot Organization (redirect from Red Hot + Fela)
Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti (2002) Dark Was the Night (2009) Red Hot + Rio 2 (2011) Red Hot + Fela (2013) Red Hot + Bach (2014) Master...
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adaptation of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge. He also played Fela Kuti in Fela.. Arrest The Music, is a musical that celebrates the talent of the...
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to rehabilitate Fela during a live television broadcast where Bamaiyi and Fela disagreed on the harmful nature of Indian Hemp. Fela Kuti filed a $1.2...
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her late father Fela Kuti to the Nigerian society. Born in England, Anikulapo-Kuti was born as the first child to afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and to a British...
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Will Smith, Jay-Z helped produce the play Fela!, a musical celebrating the work of the late Nigerian star Fela Kuti. Jay-Z said he was inspired by the power...
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Olufela Olomola (redirect from Fela Olomola)
or as a forward for EFL League Two side Bromley. Known to teammates as "Fela", Olomola holds both British and Nigerian citizenship. Born in London, England...
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work as a magician. Fela Kuti invited Professor Hindu to Lagos in 1981, and he became Fela's spiritual adviser. That year, Fela renamed his Afrika 70...
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