Afrobeat! Fela and the Imagined Continent Revised Edition

• Hoofdauteur: Olorunyomi, Sola (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Ibadan Africae 2022
• Reeks: Africae Monographs
• Onderwerpen: Literary studies: general; African history; African music; Afrobeat; Nigeria; activism
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the seventies, as signs of decay began to show in the capitalist experiment of the newly independent African countries, a "bard of the misrule" emerged on the streets of Lagos. Often shirtless and armed with his trademark saxophone, Fela Anikulapo Kuti tore his way into popular culture...