Finding Fela tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat, using that forum to express his revolutionary political opinions against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. His influence helped bring a change towards democracy in Nigeria and promoted Pan Africanist politics to the world. The power and potency of Fela's message is completely current today and is expressed in the political movements of oppressed people, embracing Fela's music and message in their struggle for freedom. Special Features: Theatrical Trailer Deleted Scenes
This extraordinary programme features Nigeria's most famous musician and composer captured live in Paris on June 30 1981. Tracks include: 1. Instrumental solo 2. Army's Arrangement 3. Original Suffer Head 4. Power Show Please note: this is a NTSC disc
Fela Anikulapo Kuti is to African music what Bob Marley is to reggae: its prophet. All contemporary forms of Black Music (from funk to electronic) are something to irresistible groove of which he was the creator: Afrobeat.
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