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Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Afrobeat, Rebellion, and Philosophy

Adeshina Afolayan & Toyin Falola

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Afrobeat, Rebellion, and Philosophy

Bloomsbury Academic
  • Paperback book

    Released: 24th Aug 2023

    £28.99
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Afrobeat and the philosophy of blackism that Fela enunciated place him right beside Malcolm X, Kwame Nkrumah, Marcus Garvey, and all the others who champion a black and African mode of being in the world.

This book traces the emergence of Fela on the music scene, the cultural and political backgrounds that made Afrobeat possible, and the philosophical elements that not only contributed to the formation of Fela’s blackism, but what constitutes Fela’s philosophical sensibility too.