#Fela Kuti

[garethschweitzer]

Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Fela Kuti and Basquiat

[yearningforunity]

Afrika Shrine, Lagos, Nigeria 1970s.

Photo: Adrian Boot

[anamon-book]

ミュージック・マガジン 1998年10月号 表紙＝「フェラ・クティ」イラストレイション＝本秀康

[pineconecowgirl]

keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti and jean-michel basquiat. new york, 1986.

📸 andy warhol

[ongawdclub]

F e l a K u t i

[jt1674]

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Fela Kuti - First European Tour

Fela! Check out a fantastic documentary that follows Fela Anikulapo Kuti and his huge band/entourage (70+ people!) on their first trip across the European continent in 1981. Things look gray and grimy outside, but once Africa 80 is onstage the world snaps into full, vibrant color.

I've read that Fela was erratic on this extended tour, mourning the recent death of his mother and under the influence of something he called Felagoro (marijuana mixed with gin). And yeah, there are moments when things look a little shaky; sometimes Fela will fix one of his musicians with a withering death stare. No matter how tight and locked in they were, apparently sometimes they just weren't tight enough!

A press conference segment is fascinating, with Kuti holding forth more like a visiting politician than a musician (I guess he was a politician, running for president in Nigeria soon after). "I don't smoke marijuana because I am a criminal," he says. "It is because it is good for my body. And my body doesn't belong to no motherfucker." Marijuana aside, I think that last bit is good to remember these days — your body doesn't belong to no motherfucker, right?

[meetmeinthesandbox]

[davidhudson]

Fela Kuti, October 15, 1938 – August 2, 1997.

[didierleclair]

FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, AFRO-BEAT!

[itswadestore]

[nicocota]

[kemetic-dreams]

[flebur]

“Music is a weapon of the future. Music is the weapon of the progressives. Music is the weapon of the givers of life.”

Fela Kuti

[jeffreymeowmont]

Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Fela Kuti and Jean Michel Basquiat at Mr. Chow in New York City, June 1986.

Photo taken by Andy Warhol.