Ajibola BodunrinWhen I Get Home: Defining the Black Past Imagining the Black FutureIntroductionMay 28, 20201May 28, 20201
Ajibola BodunrininThe Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of AfrobeatConclusionThe colonial system and its remnants in post-colonial West Africa were something that Fela constantly spoke out against. However, as a…May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
Ajibola BodunrininThe Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of AfrobeatCitations1. Stewart, Alexander. “Make it Funky: Fela Kuti, James Brown and the Invention of Afrobeat.” American Studies 52.4 (2013): 99,118,260…May 6, 2019May 6, 2019
Ajibola BodunrininThe Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of AfrobeatRevolutionary Icon“I came home with the intent to change the whole system. . . . I didn’t know they were going to give me such opposition because of my new…May 1, 2019May 1, 2019
Ajibola BodunrininThe Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of AfrobeatThinking African in AmericaIf Fela Kuti’s time in London at Trinity college was the experience that first opened his eyes, then his first trip to the United States…Apr 30, 20191Apr 30, 20191
Ajibola BodunrininThe Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of AfrobeatUpside Down- To be an African AbroadUp until this point, we have been looking at the colonial system, as well as, the colonial mentality and the role in which it played in…Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2019
Ajibola BodunrininThe Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of AfrobeatThe Ikoyi Man“With my music, I create change…I am using my music as a weapon”.Apr 23, 2019Apr 23, 2019
Ajibola BodunrininThe Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of AfrobeatIntroduction-The Colonial MentalityIn 1977 approximately seventeen years after Nigeria had gained it’s independence of British colonialism, Nigerian musical phenom Fela Kuti…Apr 21, 2019Apr 21, 2019