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Fela Kuti: Music Is A Weapon

Length: 1:51
Rating Average: 4.81 from 164 people
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Author: manlikemalcolm

Tags: Africa Afrobeat Anikulapo Fela Kuti Nigeria

A project that I created in college. A proposed title sequence for the documentary "Music is a Weapon" about Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

Beng Beng Beng - Femi Kuti

Length: 3:20
Rating Average: 4.69 from 104 people
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Author: aco420

Tags: 9ja afrobeat Anikulapo Bang Beng Femi Kuti music naija world

Music vid of Beng Beng Beng (or Bang Bang Bang to some).

Fela Kuti "Gentleman" (1973)

Length: 10:59
Rating Average: 5.00 from 28 people
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Author: rovingeye2

Tags: Africa African Afrobeat expensive Fela Femi Funk Gentleman High Jazz Kuti Life music Nigeria Nigerian Seun shit world zombie

From his 1973 album "Gentleman". The late great Fela Anikulapo Kuti, (15 October 1938 - 2 August 1997), real name Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat music. A Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, human rights activist, and political maverick. Regarding his name change. He was known as Fela Ransome-Kuti until about 1978, when he renamed himself Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the middle name meaning 'he who carries death in his pouch'. He was a human-rights revolutionary who started his own political party, Movement Of The People, to protest the kleptocracy in Nigeria. He had his own compound called the Kalakuta Republic, in Lagos, which he declared independent from Nigeria, where he and his uncountable number of wives lived, and were constantly terrorized by the government. His influence on funk and African music is unsurpassed with approximately 77 albums. The musical style performed by Fela Kuti is called Afrobeat, which is essentially a fusion of jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, and traditional African chants and rhythms. It is characterized by having African-style percussion, vocals, and musical structure, along with jazzy, funky horn sections. The endless groove is also used, in which a base rhythm of drums, shekere, muted guitar, and bass guitar are repeated throughout the song. His band was notable for featuring two baritone saxophones, whereas most groups using this instrument only use one. This is a common technique in African and African-influenced musical styles, and can be seen in funk and hip-hop. Some elements often present in Felas music are the call-and-response within the chorus and figurative but simple lyrics. Felas songs were almost always over 10 minutes in length, some reaching the 20- or even 30-minute marks, while some unreleased tracks would last up to 45 minutes when performed live. This was one of many reasons that his music never reached a substantial degree of popularity outside of Africa. His songs were mostly sung in Nigerian pidgin, although he also performed a few songs in the Yoruba language. Felas main instruments were the saxophone and the keyboards, but he also played the trumpet, guitar, and took the occasional drum solo. Fela refused to perform songs again after he had already recorded them, which also hindered his popularity outside Africa. Fela was known for his showmanship, and his concerts were often quite outlandish and wild. He referred to his stage act as the Underground Spiritual Game. His album output slowed in the 1990s, and eventually he stopped releasing albums altogether. The battle against military corruption in Nigeria was taking its toll, especially during the rise of dictator Sani Abacha. Rumors were also spreading that he was suffering from an illness for which he was refusing treatment. On 3 August 1997, Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, already a prominent AIDS activist and former Minister of Health, stunned the nation by announcing his younger brothers death a day earlier from Kaposis sarcoma brought on by AIDS. (Their younger brother Beko was in jail at this time at the hand of Abacha for political activity). More than a million people attended Felas funeral at the site of the old Shrine compound. A new Africa Shrine has opened since Felas death in a different section of Lagos under the supervision of his son Femi Kuti.

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 in Dakar

Length: 7:5
Rating Average: 4.75 from 71 people
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Author: mmeissonnier

Tags: Allen Dibango Egypt80 Kuti Manu rollbackmalaria Seun Tony

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 in Dakar featuring Tony Allen & Manu Dibango Live in Dakar march 15th 2005 for the Roll featuring Tony Allen & Manu Dibango Live in Dakar march 15th 2005 for the Roll Back Malaria Concert

Fela Kuti - Teacher Don't teach Me No Nonsense

Length: 9:59
Rating Average: 4.89 from 398 people
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Author: evad6832

Tags: africana Dont Fela kuti me music nigeria no nonsense teach Teacher world

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femi kuti

Length: 2:2
Rating Average: 4.83 from 12 people
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Author: nicksgonesurfing

Tags: african fela femi girls kuti music nigerian

femi kuti nigerian musician and band visit exeter rip it up.. bad boys...and girls

Fight To Win - Femi Kuti

Length: 3:55
Rating Average: 4.89 from 18 people
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Author: aco420

Tags: 9ja Anikulapo Femi Fight Kuti naija To Win

Music vid of Fight To Win

Army Arrangement

Length: 5:13
Rating Average: 4.82 from 221 people
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Author: da66yy

Tags: Afrobeat Dan Dinello Fela Kuti Lagos music Nigeria

In this music video, Afrobeat rebel Fela Kuti performs "Army Arrangement" in London and Lagos (at The Shrine in Okeja). His performance is beautifully intercut with images of Lagos, including military occupation and police beating. It ends with news of Fela's arrest in 1984. Fela died in 1997. Dan Dinello made this for Celluloid Records in 1985. For further information about Fela, see shockproductions.com/shockzine