The Decolonization of Fela Kuti: A Meditation on the Creation of Afrobeat

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“I came home with the intent to change the whole system. . . . I didn’t know they were going to give me such opposition…

Conclusion

The colonial system and its remnants in post-colonial West Africa were something that Fela constantly spoke out against. However, as a…

Introduction-The Colonial Mentality

The Ikoyi Man

Upside Down- To be an African Abroad

Up until this point, we have been looking at the colonial system, as well as, the colonial…

Thinking African in America

If Fela Kuti’s time in London at Trinity college was the experience that first opened his eyes, then his first…