Happy Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Today marks the 77th posthumous birthday of late Afro beat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Fela Kuti was the most popular musician in Africa. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1938, was a singer-composer, trumpet, sax and keyboard player, and bandleader.
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Fela Kuti’s  irrepressible beat is significant to his relentless fight against dictatorial corruption in his home country of Nigeria and Western imperialism as a whole.
He was probably the only band leader in the world to be charged with sedation, armed robbery and adoption, tried twice for treason.
He was known in the west as the man who married the entire female personnel of his band in a single day.
Fela’s 77th post-humus birthday
He was the creator of the form of African music called Afro-beats which features traditional African rhythms with and jazz horn lines.

Since 1971 until his death in 1997 he released more than 40 albums most of them relating to the rulings of his native country- Nigeria and the western businesses.  His targets were public corruption and police brutality. He gained popularity with each military succession in Nigeria government and his messages got him behind bar more than 10 times.
Today, October 15 marks the 4th day of the  7th edition of Felabration festival in Nigeria.
Happy Birthday to him.

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