Fela From West Africa to West Broadway
by Schoonmaker, TrevorFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-07-04
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary
Combine elements of Bob Marley, Malcolm X and Patrice Lumumba you get a sense of the power of the world's wildest rockstar. Fela created Afrobeat, an infectious mix of American funk and jazz with traditional Yoruba and highlife music, and used it to rail against the corrupt, hypocritical Nigerian government. Repeatedly targeted by police and military for his rebellious, counter-culture lifestyle, he created a political party and seceded from the Nigerian state, renaming his commune the independent "Kalakuta Republic." Cultural icon and beloved hero of the pan-African world, Fela loomed large: captivating enormous crowds with electric performances (in Speedos or superfly suits), cherished by musicians from Paul McCartney to Mos Def, mourned by millions after his death from AIDS in 1997. These essays explore his fiery life and ever-growing legacy.
Author Biography
Trevor Schoonmaker is an independent curator living in New York. He is director of the Fela Project, a multimedia project on the influence of Fela Kuti.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Father, the Sons, and the Holy Ghost | |
| Fela: Man who Sang and Saw Tomorrow Mabinuori Kayode Idowu, aka ID | |
| Power Music, Electric Revival: Fela Kuti and the Influence of His AfroBeat on Hip Hop and Dance Music | |
| Resurrection Shuffle | |
| Femi Interview | |
| Producing Fela's Album Jackets | |
| Fela and the Black President Film: A Diary | |
| Dis Fela Sef!--Fela in Lagos | |
| Thinking Africa: Afrobeat Aesthetic and the Dancing Queens | |
| Fela, Women, Wives | |
| School Days in Lagos | |
| Fela Interview | |
| On Whose Side Are the Orisa (gods)? | |
| Roforofo Fight: Fela's Resistance of Domination | |
| Introduction | |
| The Father, the Sons, and the Holy Ghost | |
| Fela: African who Sang and Saw Tomorrow Mabinuori Kayode Idowu, aka ID | |
| Power Music, Electric Revival: Fela Kuti and the Influence of His AfroBeat on Hip Hop and Dance Music | |
| Resurrection Shuffle | |
| Femi Interview with Jerome Sandlarz | |
| Producing Fela's Album Jackets | |
| Fela and the Black President Film: A Diary | |
| Dis Fela Sef! | |
| Thinking Africa: Afrobeat Aesthetic and the Dancing Queens | |
| Fela, Women, Wives | |
| School Days in Lagos | |
| Fela Interview | |
| On Whose Side Are the Orisa (gods)? | |
| Roforofo Fight: Fela's Resistance of Domination | |
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