Fela Kuti

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Afrobeat musician bandleader composer human multi-instrumentalist musician political activist singer-songwriter

Fela Kuti was a Nigerian musician, bandleader, and political activist who created and popularized Afrobeat by fusing traditional African rhythms with jazz, funk, and highlife.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Fela Kuti canonical 21
Fela 1
Fela Anikulapo Kuti 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afrobeat musician ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
multi-instrumentalist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fela Kuti ⓘ
surface form: Fela

Fela Kuti ⓘ
surface form: Fela Anikulapo Kuti
birthName Fela Kuti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
causeOfDeath AIDS-related complications ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-10-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-08-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College of Music, London ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
founded Africa 70 ⓘ
Egypt 80 ⓘ
Kalakuta Republic ⓘ
The Shrine (Lagos nightclub) ⓘ
genre Afrobeat ⓘ
funk ⓘ
highlife ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
influencedGenre Afrobeat ⓘ
world music ⓘ
instrument keyboards ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
movement Afrobeat ⓘ
name Fela Kuti self-link ⓘ
notableEvent frequent arrests by Nigerian military government ⓘ
notableIdea music as a tool of political resistance ⓘ
notableWork Coffin for Head of State ⓘ
Expensive Shit ⓘ
Gentleman ⓘ
Roforofo Fight ⓘ
Shakara ⓘ
Zombie ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
parent Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ⓘ
Beko Ransome-Kuti ⓘ
surface form: Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
placeOfBirth Abeokuta ⓘ
surface form: Abeokuta, Nigeria
placeOfDeath Lagos ⓘ
surface form: Lagos, Nigeria
politicalView anti-colonialism ⓘ
anti-military dictatorship ⓘ
pan-Africanism ⓘ
residence Lagos ⓘ
surface form: Lagos, Nigeria
sibling Beko Ransome-Kuti ⓘ
Olikoye Ransome-Kuti ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afrobeat → pioneer → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Afrobeat → notableArtist → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Roy Ayers → associatedAct → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Steve Reid → collaboratedWith → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Fela Kuti → name → Fela Kuti self-link ⓘ
Fela Kuti → birthName → Fela Kuti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
Fela Kuti → alsoKnownAs → Fela Kuti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Fela Kuti → alsoKnownAs → Fela Kuti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fela
Tony Allen → collaboratedWith → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Africa 70 → leader → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Africa 70 → hasMember → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Africa 70 → associatedAct → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Egypt 80 → associatedWith → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Egypt 80 → continuedAfterDeathOf → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Egypt 80 → hasNotableMember → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Femi Kuti → father → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Femi Kuti → influencedBy → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Femi Kuti → associatedAct → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Seun Kuti → father → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Seun Kuti → associatedAct → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Hugh Masekela → associatedAct → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Angelique Kidjo → influencedBy → Fela Kuti ⓘ
subject surface form: Angélique Kidjo
Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) → inspiredBy → Fela Kuti ⓘ
Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) → tributeTo → Fela Kuti ⓘ