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 Re: Fela Kuti....I love You (Re: محى الدين ابكر سليمان)
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Fela Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria to a middle-class family. His mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was a feminist active in the anti-colonial movement and his father, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, was the first president of the Nigerian Union Of Teachers.
Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti and Olikoye Ransome-Kuti are his brothers and were both well known in Nigeria.
He relocated to London in 1958 with the intention of studying medicine, but he decided to study music instead at the Trinity College of Music. While there, he formed the band Koola Lobitos, playing a style of music Fela called Afrobeat. The style was a fusion of American jazz with West African highlife. In 1961 Fela married his first wife, Remilekun (Remi) Taylor, with whom he would have three children (Femi, Yeni and Sola). In 1963 Fela moved back to Nigeria, re-formed Koola Lobitos and trained as a radio producer for Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1969 Fela took the band to the United States. While there, Fela discovered the black power movement through Sandra Izsadore--a friend of the Black Panther Party--which would heavily influence his music and political views and renamed the band "Nigeria 70". Soon, the Immigration and Naturalization Service were tipped off by a promoter that Fela and his band were in the US without work permits. The band then performed a quick recording session in Los Angeles, which would later be released as "The '69 Los Angeles Sessions".
Fela and his band, renamed "Africa '70" returned to Nigeria. He then formed the Kalakuta Republic, a commune, a recording studio and a home for many connected to the band which he later declared independent from the Nigerian state. Fela set up a nightclub in the Empire Hotel, named the Afro-Spot and then the Shrine, where he performed regularly. Fela also changed his middle name to "Anikulapo" (meaning "he who carries death in his pouch"), stating that his original middle name of Ransome was a slave name. The recordings continued, and the music became more politically motivated. Fela's music became very popular among the Nigerian public and Africans in general. In fact, he made the decision to sing in English so that his music could be enjoyed by individuals all over Africa, where the languages spoken are very diverse and numerous. As popular as Fela's music had become in Nigeria and elsewhere, it was also very unpopular with the ruling government, and raids on the Kalakuta Republic were frequent. In 1974 the police arrived with a search warrant and a cannabis joint, which they had intended to plant on Fela. He became wise to this and swallowed the joint. In response, the police took him into custody and waited to examine his feces. Fela enlisted the help of his prison mates and gave the police someone else's feces, and Fela was freed. He then recounted this tale in his release Expensive
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| Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 12-30-06, 01:11 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 12-30-06, 01:16 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محمدين محمد اسحق | 12-30-06, 11:00 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | Mustafa Mahmoud | 12-30-06, 11:05 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 12-30-06, 03:43 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 12-30-06, 03:58 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-01-07, 03:07 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-01-07, 02:15 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 12-30-06, 04:45 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-01-07, 04:17 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-01-07, 05:08 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محمدين محمد اسحق | 01-01-07, 01:07 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-01-07, 08:28 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-01-07, 07:13 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | شرف الدين آدم إسماعيل | 01-01-07, 03:37 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-01-07, 08:39 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | شبشة | 01-01-07, 05:13 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | isam ali | 01-02-07, 06:57 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-02-07, 08:03 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-02-07, 10:07 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | isam ali | 01-02-07, 09:19 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-03-07, 02:41 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-02-07, 10:23 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-02-07, 09:03 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | isam ali | 01-02-07, 10:08 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محمد حنفي | 01-03-07, 11:09 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-12-07, 12:07 PM |
| Re: ....I love You | عبدالكريم الامين احمد | 01-12-07, 01:13 PM |
| Re: ....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-12-07, 02:00 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-12-07, 01:39 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-12-07, 01:22 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-12-07, 02:07 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-13-07, 00:45 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-13-07, 02:37 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | Tragie Mustafa | 01-13-07, 04:20 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-13-07, 10:08 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-15-07, 01:18 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | Elmoiz Abunura | 01-15-07, 01:59 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-15-07, 02:30 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | ماجدة عوض خوجلى | 01-15-07, 12:41 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-15-07, 01:55 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-16-07, 06:42 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | عبدالغفار محمد سعيد | 01-16-07, 07:31 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-21-07, 04:48 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | عبدالغفار محمد سعيد | 01-16-07, 09:23 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | رأفت ميلاد | 01-16-07, 10:17 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-21-07, 05:11 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-21-07, 05:15 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-21-07, 05:21 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-21-07, 05:30 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | عبدالغفار محمد سعيد | 01-21-07, 06:06 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-21-07, 06:28 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-21-07, 06:10 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | حيدر حسن ميرغني | 01-22-07, 04:43 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-22-07, 06:28 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | مدثر محمد ادم | 01-22-07, 06:49 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-23-07, 01:24 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-26-07, 02:34 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-26-07, 01:04 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | Aisha Hommaida | 01-26-07, 03:59 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محمدين محمد اسحق | 01-26-07, 09:17 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-28-07, 04:35 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 01-28-07, 03:21 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محمدين محمد اسحق | 01-29-07, 10:22 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-05-07, 07:34 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-09-07, 01:05 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-09-07, 02:21 AM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-16-07, 09:07 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | abubakr | 02-16-07, 09:16 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-16-07, 09:52 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | fadlabi | 02-16-07, 09:29 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-22-07, 08:29 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | abubakr | 02-16-07, 10:24 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-22-07, 08:34 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | osly2 | 02-22-07, 08:39 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | osly2 | 02-22-07, 08:42 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | osly2 | 02-22-07, 08:46 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | fadlabi | 02-22-07, 10:09 PM |
| Re: Fela Kuti....I love You | محى الدين ابكر سليمان | 02-22-07, 11:07 PM |
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