Fela Kuti
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (born 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria) began his career playing jazz and highlife. He formed his first band in London in 1959 while studying at Trinity College of Music. In the early 1970s, Fela created Afrobeat, which rapidly became the most avidly followed style across West Africa. Afrobeat’s revolutionary politics brought Fela into violent conflict with successive Nigerian military regimes, which made many attempts to suppress him and once sent in the army to burn down his co...
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Who and what this show talks about
Named in the one analyzed episode so far.
- Lagos (Location)
- Nigeria (Location)
- Confusion (Concept)
- Ojuelegba (Location)
- Bafuka (Concept)
- Shagari (Person)
- inflation (Concept)
- Corruption (Concept)
- Mismanagement (Concept)
Themes
- Nigeria and Confusion: Nigeria, Confusion, Bafuka, Ojuelegba, Lagos
- Corruption and Shagari: Corruption, Shagari, inflation, Mismanagement
Mentioned together
- Confusion and Bafuka: affiliated with
- Nigeria and Confusion: together in one episode
- Nigeria and Bafuka: together in one episode
- Nigeria and Ojuelegba: together in one episode
- Lagos and Nigeria: together in one episode
- Confusion and Ojuelegba: together in one episode
- Lagos and Confusion: together in one episode
- Ojuelegba and Bafuka: together in one episode
- Lagos and Bafuka: together in one episode
- Lagos and Ojuelegba: together in one episode