From the late 1970s onward, Fela's lyrics became longer, more complex and ever more confrontational. Coffin For Head Of State, first released on Kalakuta in 1981, is an outstanding example.It is one ...

The white house on Gbemisola Street has a circular grave with a granite pyramid instead of a headstone and no name. It isn’t needed. Everyone here knows Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Nigeria’s revered ...

Fela Kuti’s body was encased in a five side glass coffin and staged for public viewing after he was laid to rest at the site of the old shrine compound. 2.

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti took on the corrupt Nigerian political system with a verve still felt today. ... and Fela lying in state in a glass coffin with a huge spliff of marijuana in his hand. ...

A big spliff was put in his right hand and he was placed in a glass coffin and carried in a hearse. “He was laid to rest in front of his house, Kalakuta, in Ikeja on 12 August. “His son, Femi ...

Fela Kuti: Father of AfrobeatBBC2. In 1997, when Fela Kuti (inset) died – allegedly – from Aids-related illness at the age of 58, a crowd of more than a million attended his funeral in Lagos.

A big spliff was put in his right hand and he was placed in a glass coffin and carried in a hearse. “He was laid to rest in front of his house, Kalakuta, in Ikeja on 12 August. “His son, Femi ...

Even casual fans of Fela Kuti know parts of his incredible life story. Like that time over 1,000 Nigerian soldiers raided his compound, ... "Coffin for Head of State" and "Unknown Soldier." ...

Fela Anikulapo Kuti has been called the most important musician of the 20th century, yet before the 2009 Jay-Z-and-Will Smith-produced musical Fela! grabbed 11 Tony nominations and entertained a ...

Bill T Jones' Tony-winning dance-theater production charts the phenomenal career of Fela Kuti, an adored icon, a political activist, an agitprop firebrand and the originator Afrobeat music in the late ...