Ransome-Kuti
Real Name:
Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
Profile:
Born: 15 October 1938, in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Died: 2 August 1997, of AIDS and heart failure in Lagos, Nigeria.
He formed his first group Koola Lobitos in 1963. The large jazz, funk, and afrobeat collective underwent many changes in the following decades but the style remained the same thanks to Fela's vision and other key members such as drummer Tony Allen.
In 1969 after visiting America, Fela returned to Nigeria and opened club Afro Spot in Lagos also changing the group's name to Afrika 70. He played with Ginger Baker on the album Ginger Baker Live with Afrika 70 and Fela Kuti, released in 1971 and along side Bobby Gass, better known as Bobby Tench from The Jeff Beck Group, on Stratavarious which was released the next year. In 1981 Fela changed the group's name for the last time to Egypt 80.
He was known as Fela Ransome-Kuti until about 1978, when he renamed himself Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the middle name meaning 'he who carries death in his pouch'. He was a human rights revolutionary who started his own political party, Movement Of The People, to protest the kleptocracy in Nigeria. He had his own compound called the Kalakuta Republic in Lagos, which he declared independent from Nigeria, where he and his uncountable number of wives lived and they were constantly terrorized by the government.
His influence on funk and African music is unsurpassed and has put his name to many albums, the total number thought to be 77.
Died: 2 August 1997, of AIDS and heart failure in Lagos, Nigeria.
He formed his first group Koola Lobitos in 1963. The large jazz, funk, and afrobeat collective underwent many changes in the following decades but the style remained the same thanks to Fela's vision and other key members such as drummer Tony Allen.
In 1969 after visiting America, Fela returned to Nigeria and opened club Afro Spot in Lagos also changing the group's name to Afrika 70. He played with Ginger Baker on the album Ginger Baker Live with Afrika 70 and Fela Kuti, released in 1971 and along side Bobby Gass, better known as Bobby Tench from The Jeff Beck Group, on Stratavarious which was released the next year. In 1981 Fela changed the group's name for the last time to Egypt 80.
He was known as Fela Ransome-Kuti until about 1978, when he renamed himself Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the middle name meaning 'he who carries death in his pouch'. He was a human rights revolutionary who started his own political party, Movement Of The People, to protest the kleptocracy in Nigeria. He had his own compound called the Kalakuta Republic in Lagos, which he declared independent from Nigeria, where he and his uncountable number of wives lived and they were constantly terrorized by the government.
His influence on funk and African music is unsurpassed and has put his name to many albums, the total number thought to be 77.
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In Groups:
Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70, Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80, Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70, Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos, Koola Lobitos
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Fela Kuti
| Fela Ransome-Kuti
| F. R. Kuti
| Fela
| Fela Ransome (Anikulapo) Kuti
| Fela A. Kuti
| Fela Anakulapo Kuti
| Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti
| Fela Anikulapo Kuti
| Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
| Fela K
| Fela Ransome Kuti
| Fela Ransome Kuti And The Africa 70
| Fela Ransome-Kuti
| Fela-Ransome Kuti
| Felá Anikũlapo-Kuti
| FK
| Kuti
| Ransome-Kuti
| Sela Kuti
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Discography
| Appears On: | ||||
| Live! (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | Regal Zonophone ... | 1971 | ||
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| Live! (LP) | Not On Label | |||
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Reviews & Discussion
The King of Afrobeat never sold out! All of his music is powerful and very danceable but if I had to pick one album to recommend it would have to be 'Confusion', a symphony of rhythm lead by the aural assault of the awesome drummer, Tony Allen. Also listen for the usual blistering brass-section and magnificent vocals of the man himself, the late, greatly-lamented Fela Anikulapo Kuti. HE WILL LIVE FOREVER!
