Fela, 1938-1997

LC control no.	n 83065529
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML410.F2955 Biography
Personal name heading	Fela, 1938-1997 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Anikulapo-Kuti, Fela, 1938-1997 Kuti, Fela Anikulapo-, 1938-1997 Ransome-Kuti, Fela, 1938-1997
Associated country	Nigeria
Birth date	1938-10-15
Death date	1997-08-02
Place of birth	Abeokuta (Nigeria)
Place of death	Lagos (Nigeria)
Affiliation	Koola Lobitos (Musical group) Africa '70 (Musical group) Movement of the People (Political party : Nigeria)
Profession or occupation	Musicians Composers Saxophonists Band directors
Found in	His Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa '70, with Ginger Baker, live! [Phonodisc] 1972. Fela, Fela, c1982: p. 9, etc. (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, b. Oct. 15, 1938) Notes, June 1998: p. 877 (Fela; d. Aug. 2, 1997, at 58, Lagos; Nigerian singer and bandleader) Wikipedia, 14 Dec. 2010: under Fela Kuti (Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela, born 15 Oct. 1938 as Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick; died 2 Aug. 1997) Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought, accessed February 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Anikulapo-Kuti, Fela; Fela Ransome Kuti; saxophonist, bandleader, composer / arranger; born 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; educated at Trinity School of Music (1958); pioneer of the musical genre of Afrobeat; advocated the idea of African authenticity; started jazz band, Koola Lobitos (1961), later renamed Africa 70; toured United States (1969); built a nightclub, The Shrine; declared his compound, Kalakuta Republic independent of the Nigerian state, later burned to the ground by police (1977); formed the political party Movement of the People (1979); was imprisoned on trumped up currency charges (1984); died 1997 of an AIDS-related illness in Lagos, Nigeria)