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‘Music is the weapon of the future’: Fela Kuti’s famous words continue to resonate today and offer a fitting slogan for his work’s place in posterity.
After his beginnings in Nigeria and London, Fela Kuti became a global figure in the mid-1970s and toured internationally until his death in 1997. His legacy is omnipresent throughout the world, both musically and politically.
The musical style he created and named Afrobeat mixes Yoruba rhythms, free jazz, soul and jazz funk. The exhibition closely blends Fela’s energy and musical creativity with his political thinking, in a itinerary that gives a central place to the city of Lagos and the Shrine – nerve centre of Fela’s music in Lagos.
Throughout his career, Fela turned his lifestyle into a political manifesto. His controversial lifestyle, his stand against elite corruption and neo-colonialism continues to inspire struggles in Nigeria and beyond. Fela’s costumes from Nigeria are presented for the first time, as well as numerous photographs and unpublished archives that offer an insight into the Lagos universe of the “Black President”.
The show has been conceived with the support of the family but also with many actors of Fela’s life ; Mabinuori Kayode Idowu (ID), who was his right-hand man for many years, and Sodi Marciszewer, who accompanied Fela on his last albums.
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Your voice matters to imagine the future of touring exhibitions!
Click below to answer the Teo and Culture Connect survey before it closes on 10 March 2023.
The results will be presented with a report and at the Teo Live event.