FELA KUTI More than a Nigerian composer and multi-instrumentalist‚ Fela Kuti was a musical genius that revolutionized the art of African music for a lifetime. One of Africa’s most controversial musicians‚ he continued to fight for the rights of the common African man in spite of being harassed‚ vilified‚ and even thrown in jail by the government of Nigeria. Born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti in Abeokuta‚ Nigeria on October 15‚ 1938‚ his family played an influential role on his political
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Fela Kuti was a prominent figure in Nigerian music. He was born on October 15th‚ 1938 and was born in Abeokuta‚ Nigeria. His mother was a feminist and anti-colonist. His father was in the Nigerian teacher’s union. Fela Kuti studied music in London and a while later‚ he formed a group called‚ “Koola Lobitos”. The style of music that Fela Kuti did was called Afrobeat‚ which is a combination of jazz‚ funk‚ Ghanaian/Nigerian high-life‚ and traditional West African rhythm. Fela Kuti was one of the
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on his face‚ Fela Anikolapo Kuti’s music brought chills on those who listened. There was something about the way he orchestrated his chords with a little bit of jazz‚ funky horns and blues that made people classify his music fit for the gods…So alluring. Everything about this man was an outburst of never ending creativity. The type some said boarded over the psychotic. But the real deal in his masterpieces wasn’t just the melody but the lyrics that flowed between them. Fela wrote music that made people
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Fela Kuti was famous a Nigerian musician and politician activist. Fela used the power of music to convey the corruption and atrocity of the Nigerian regime. He became an influential and inspirational role model to the people Nigeria. Fela is known for his courage and outspokenness against the Nigerian dictatorship‚ attracted the admiration of most young Nigerians citizens at that time that were living in fear of the Nigerian regime. Fela used his music to convey the struggles and hardship he had
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Fela Kuti ShareThis Fela Anikulapo Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti‚ October 15 1938 - August 2 1997)‚ or simply Fela‚ was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer‚ pioneer of Afrobeat music‚ human rights activist‚ and political maverick. [edit] Music The musical style performed by Fela Kuti is called Afrobeat‚ which is essentially a fusion of jazz‚ funk‚ psychedelic rock‚ and traditional African chants and rhythms. It is characterized by having African-style
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Olufela Ransome-Kuti popularly known as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti‚ was a legendary Nigerian musician‚ songwriter‚ stage performer‚ multi-instrumentalist‚ human rights activist‚ and political activist. Fela was the pioneer of Afrobeat‚ a musical genre solely associated with Nigerian music. He was a prolific songwriter with over 70 albums to his name. Fela was born October 15‚ 1938‚ in Abeokuta‚ Nigeria and died August 2‚ 1997‚ in Lagos‚ Nigeria. In 1958‚ Fela was sent to London by his father to study medicine
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Brayden Merrell Reaction Paper 1 Com 250‚ Spring 2013 Fallacy of Free Music When a new song comes out the first thing my peers and I normally do is check YouTube to hear the latest new track. The internet is the easiest way for people of any age group to listen to music. There are hundreds and thousands of popular music downloading services that can be found within seconds with a simple Google search. Most of these websites are funded by advertisements that consume the borders of the computer
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protect the artist that wishes to see royalties for their music that they have created. America has in place laws to protect the artist and have made it clear to the public. I agree with this decision due to that if I were the artist I would not want my work to be illegally downloaded and I would want my royalties. According to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA): Title 17‚ United States Code‚ Sections 501 and 506 protects the music and if downloaded illegally may leave you civilly and
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Without music life would be a mistake! My hobbies are singing and dancing. Regarding the most popular hobbies‚ people like playing basketball or football‚ reading‚ stamp collecting‚ etc. However‚ I love to listen to music and also to sing. I have a large and superb collection of tracks and I listen to all kinds of music. My collection ranges from hip hop music to rock and from blues music to rap. My hobby is listening to these songs carefully and then to learn them. I sit with a piece of paper
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How to Download Music for Free Imagine having access to an unlimited amount of media and being able to download it right to your Mp3 player or iPod to play at will. Luckily we live in the 21st century and we have the technology to do such a thing. We are able to download thousands of gigabytes of anything from movies‚ television shows and music. For this particular lesson‚ I will be teaching you how to download music to your media player. I will be using iTunes on my windows computer‚ if you
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