Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997 ), known professionally as
Fela Kuti,
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela, was a Nigerian
multi-instrumentalist musician and
composer, pioneer of
Afrobeat music, human rights activist, political maverick & leader of
Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70. HMV Magazine ranked him as #46 on a list of the 100 most influential musicians of the 20th century. The musical style performed by Fela Kuti is called Afrobeat, which is essentially a fusion of
jazz,
funk,
highlife, and traditional Yoruban chants and rhythms.…
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