biography
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Kuti, Fela Anikulapo
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born Fela Ransome Kuti
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pronunciation:
[kootee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1938–97)
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| biography:
| Singer, musician, composer, and dissident, born in Abeokuta, SW Nigeria. The pioneer of ‘Afro-beat’, he successfully took his music to Europe and America, and in Nigeria used it as a form of political protest, attacking government and military corruption and neo-colonialism, and championing African identity. As a result he was a frequent target for government repression, including imprisonment. His saxophonist son Femi Kuti continues the family tradition of music combined with political activism. |
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