Fela Kuti (English Wikipedia)

Albert Oikelome. "Stylistic Analysis of Afrobeat Music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti" (PDF). Analysisworldmusic. Analysisworldmusic.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

anewtouchofafrica.com

Akinyemi, Oluwamayowa. "NOSTALGIA: 28 Years Ago Today, Fela Kuti Was Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder - A New Touch of Africa". Retrieved 24 January 2021.

archive.org

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David Ryshpan. "Victor Olaiya, All Star Soul International". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

bbc.co.uk

Chick, Stevie (4 March 2013). "BBC - Music - Review of Fela Kuti - The Best of the Black President 2". BBC. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

bombmagazine.org

Koirala, Snigdha. "—Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, New Museum of Contemporary Art". BOMB Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

bonafidemag.com

Bilal (9 May 2011). "Bilal Interview – Bonafide Exclusive". Bonafide Magazine (Interview). Interviewed by Alex Nagshineh. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

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Collins, John (5 June 2015). Fela: Kalakuta Notes. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819575401.
Hadj-Moussa, R.; Nijhawan, M. (9 July 2014). Suffering, Art, and Aesthetics. Springer. ISBN 9781137426086.
Collins, John (5 June 2015). Fela: Kalakuta Notes. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819575401.
Moore, Carlos; Gil, Gilberto (1982). Fela: This Bitch of a Life. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781556528354.

cbc.ca

Matthew McKinnon (12 August 2005). "Rebel Yells: A protest music mixtape". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

chimurengalibrary.co.za

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chiswickherald.co.uk

"New Blue Plaque Honours Local Afrobeat Legend". The Chiswick Herald. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

dailytimes.ng

"Fela Did Not Die of AIDS, Widow Insists". Daily Times Nigeria. 29 March 2015.

deadline.com

Mike Fleming Jr (4 May 2010). "As 'Fela!' Lands 11 Tony Noms, Pic On The Musician/Activist Signs Chiwetel Ejiofor". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

discogs.com

"Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Black President". Discogs. 1981.
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doi.org

Grass, Randall F. (1 January 1986). "Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: The Art of an Afrobeat Rebel". The Drama Review: TDR. 30 (1): 131–148. doi:10.2307/1145717. JSTOR 1145717.
Olukayode Segun, Eesuola; Ojakorotu, Victor (20 March 2019). "Indigenised popular songs for oppositional political communication : Fela Kuti and Miriam Makeba in perspectives". African Renaissance. 16 (1): 233–251. doi:10.31920/2516-5305/2019/v16n1a12. S2CID 242156522. ProQuest 2233905339.
Ayobade, Dotun (2019). "'We Were On Top of the World': Fela Kuti's Queens and the Poetics of Space". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 31 (1): 24–39. doi:10.1080/13696815.2017.1400954. S2CID 194782043.
Stewart, Alexander (5 December 2013). "Make It Funky: Fela Kuti, James Brown and the Invention of Afrobeat". American Studies. 52 (4): 99–118. doi:10.1353/ams.2013.0124. S2CID 145682238.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Olaniyan, Tejumola (June 2001). "The Cosmopolitan Nativist: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Antinomies of Postcolonial Modernity". Research in African Literatures. 32 (2): 76–89. doi:10.2979/RAL.2001.32.2.76. S2CID 161060935. Project MUSE 29585.

emn-news.com

"Fela Anikulapo Kuti: The 'ghost' resurrects and the beat goes on, a preview by The Independence". Emnnews.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

exclaim.ca

David Ryshpan. "Victor Olaiya, All Star Soul International". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

felakuti.com

"Music is the Weapon".

ghanaweb.com

Nkrumah, Afrikatu Kofi (1 November 2021). "Fela Kuti, godfather of Afrobeat, honoured with a blue heritage plaque in London, England". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

ghostarchive.org

Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 Arsenal TV3 Catalonian TV 1987-08-04". YouTube. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

graphic.com.gh

"The Untold story of how Fela Kuti married 27 women same day". Graphic Online. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

greenbreporters.com

Reporters, Greenbarge (15 October 2015). "The Legend Lives On: Profile Of Fela Anikulapo Kuti At Birthday Today". Greenbarge Reporters. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

gregorybossler.com

Bossler, Gregory (13 July 2012). "Fela!: Review Roundup". Gregorybossler.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

guardian.co.uk

music.guardian.co.uk

Culshaw, Peter (15 August 2004). "The big Fela". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 May 2010.

heraldsun.com.au

Blanche Clarke, "Man of Beats Brings a Message with him", Herald Sun, 4 February 2011.

hollywoodreporter.com

Ginsberg, Merle; Baum, Gary (9 January 2014). "Fela Kuti Biopic Soldiers On, Without Steve McQueen or Focus Features". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

iffr.com

"My Friend Fela", IFFR.

jhu.edu

muse.jhu.edu

Olaniyan, Tejumola (June 2001). "The Cosmopolitan Nativist: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Antinomies of Postcolonial Modernity". Research in African Literatures. 32 (2): 76–89. doi:10.2979/RAL.2001.32.2.76. S2CID 161060935. Project MUSE 29585.

jpanafrican.com

Olatunji, Michael (2007). "Yabis: A Phenomenon in the Contemporary Nigerian Music" (PDF). The Journal of Pan African Studies. 1: 26–46.

jstor.org

Grass, Randall F. (1 January 1986). "Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: The Art of an Afrobeat Rebel". The Drama Review: TDR. 30 (1): 131–148. doi:10.2307/1145717. JSTOR 1145717.
Adewole, Isaac F. (2003). "Olikoye Ransome-Kuti: Nigeria's outstanding Minister of Health: A tribute". African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive. 27, No. 5s (Special Edition in honor of Late Profesor Olikoye Ransome Kuti (May 2023)): 27–30.
Shonekan, Stephanie (1 January 2009). "Fela's Foundation: Examining the Revolutionary Songs of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and the Abeokuta Market Women's Movement in 1940s Western Nigeria". Black Music Research Journal. 29 (1): 127–144. JSTOR 20640673.

ku.edu

journals.ku.edu

Stewart, Alexander (5 December 2013). "Make It Funky: Fela Kuti, James Brown and the Invention of Afrobeat". American Studies. 52 (4): 99–118. doi:10.1353/ams.2013.0124. S2CID 145682238.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

latimes.com

"Fela Anikulapo Kuti; Nigerian Musician". Los Angeles Times. 4 August 1997.

laweekly.com

Tewksbury, Drew (13 December 2011). "Fela Kuti's Lover and Mentor Sandra Smith Talks About Afrobeat's L.A. Origins, as Fela! Musical Arrives at the Ahmanson". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

lbhf.gov.uk

"Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti honoured with blue plaque in Shepherds Bush". H&F (Hammersmith & Fulham). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

lemonde.fr

"Fela Anikulapo Kuti à l'Hippodrome de Paris". Le Monde.fr. 16 March 1981.

loyalnana.com

Loyal Nana, February 26, 2019 - FELA KUTI - Eleanor Igwe

naijatab.com

"Naija News". NaijaTab.com. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

ncsu.edu

english.chass.ncsu.edu

Stanovsky, Derek (1998). "Fela and His Wives: The Import of a Postcolonial Masculinity". Jouvert. english.chass.ncsu.edu. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.

newmuseum.org

archive.newmuseum.org

"Black President: the Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti", New Museum Digital Archive.

nigerian.name

"Meaning of Anikulapo in". Nigerian.name. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

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npr.org

Harris, Latesha (10 February 2021). "Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Tina Turner Among 16 Nominees For Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame". NPR. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

nut-nigeria.org

"Origin of NUT". nut-nigeria.org. Nigeria Union of Teachers. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

nytimes.com

Ogunnaike, Lola (17 July 2003). "Celebrating the Life and Impact of the Nigerian Music Legend Fela". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
Pareles, Jon (2 May 2020). "Tony Allen, Drummer Who Created the Beat of Afrobeat, Dies at 79". The New York Times.
David, Herszenhorn (4 August 1997). "Fela, 58, Dissident Nigerian Musician, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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okayafrica.com

Music News (23 March 2020). "Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela Pay Tribute to Fela In 'Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)'". OkayAfrica. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

openedition.org

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Olorunyomi, Sola (3 April 2013), "1. Tradition and Afrobeat", Afrobeat! : Fela and the Imagined Continent, African Dynamics, Ibadan: IFRA-Nigeria, pp. 1–32, ISBN 979-10-92312-07-2, retrieved 4 December 2022

playbill.com

Gans, Andrew, and Adam Hetrick. "Fela! Will Play Limited Summer Return Engagement on Broadway". Playbill. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

pmnewsnigeria.com

Arogundade, Funsho (12 October 2015). "Sandra Iszadore, Fashola, Ajibade, others speak at Felabration". PM News. Nigeria. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

proquest.com

Olukayode Segun, Eesuola; Ojakorotu, Victor (20 March 2019). "Indigenised popular songs for oppositional political communication : Fela Kuti and Miriam Makeba in perspectives". African Renaissance. 16 (1): 233–251. doi:10.31920/2516-5305/2019/v16n1a12. S2CID 242156522. ProQuest 2233905339.

rfi.fr

musique.rfi.fr

"Fela Kuti, une histoire française". August 2017.

rollingstone.com

Conteh, Mankaprr (22 February 2022). "More Excellence: Snoop Dogg, Fela Kuti, Berry Gordy Honored at Atlanta's Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
"The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time". Rolling Stone. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

semanticscholar.org

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Olukayode Segun, Eesuola; Ojakorotu, Victor (20 March 2019). "Indigenised popular songs for oppositional political communication : Fela Kuti and Miriam Makeba in perspectives". African Renaissance. 16 (1): 233–251. doi:10.31920/2516-5305/2019/v16n1a12. S2CID 242156522. ProQuest 2233905339.
Ayobade, Dotun (2019). "'We Were On Top of the World': Fela Kuti's Queens and the Poetics of Space". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 31 (1): 24–39. doi:10.1080/13696815.2017.1400954. S2CID 194782043.
Stewart, Alexander (5 December 2013). "Make It Funky: Fela Kuti, James Brown and the Invention of Afrobeat". American Studies. 52 (4): 99–118. doi:10.1353/ams.2013.0124. S2CID 145682238.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Olaniyan, Tejumola (June 2001). "The Cosmopolitan Nativist: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Antinomies of Postcolonial Modernity". Research in African Literatures. 32 (2): 76–89. doi:10.2979/RAL.2001.32.2.76. S2CID 161060935. Project MUSE 29585.

songlines.co.uk

Williamson, Nigel (1 May 2020). "Giants of Afrobeat: an interview with Tony Allen and Orlando Julius". Songlines. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

theconversation.com

Osiebe, Garhe (20 August 2020). "The daughters and sons of Fela in African Pop". The Conversation. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

theculturetrip.com

"Fela Kuti and the Legacy of Afrobeat". 22 May 2012.

theguardian.com

Hutchinson, Kate (12 November 2019). "The Lijadu Sisters: The Nigerian twins who fought the elite with funk". The Guardian.
"Fela Kuti remembered: 'He was a tornado of a man, but he loved humanity'". The Guardian. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
Spencer, Neil (30 October 2010). "Fela Kuti remembered: 'He was a tornado of a man, but he loved humanity'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Adenekan, Shola (15 February 2006). "Obituary: Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti". The Guardian. London.
Denselow, Robin (1 April 2015). "Nigeria's new president Muhammadu Buhari – the man who jailed Fela Kuti". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
Denselow, Robin (19 March 2020). "Tony Allen: Afrobeat's master on Hugh Masekela, Damon Albarn and friction with Fela Kuti". The Guardian.

thenewsnigeria.com.ng

"Felabration 2019: How We Came About the Theme, 'From Lagos, With Love!' – Yeni Kuti". The News. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

thewire.co.uk

Barrett, Lindsay (September 2011) [March 1998]. "Fela Kuti: Chronicle of A Life Foretold". The Wire. No. 169. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

tonyawards.com

"Tony Award Nominations, 2010". Archived from the original on 9 May 2010.

voice-online.co.uk

"Fela Kuti honoured with Blue Plaque at former London home". The Voice. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

washingtonpost.com

"NIGERIAN MUSICIAN FELA CHARGED WITH MURDER". The Washington Post. 25 January 1993. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
"NIGERIAN MUSICIAN FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI DIES". Washington Post. 4 August 1997.

web.archive.org

Albert Oikelome. "Stylistic Analysis of Afrobeat Music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti" (PDF). Analysisworldmusic. Analysisworldmusic.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
"Origin of NUT". nut-nigeria.org. Nigeria Union of Teachers. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
"Fela Anikulapo Kuti: The 'ghost' resurrects and the beat goes on, a preview by The Independence". Emnnews.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Matthew McKinnon (12 August 2005). "Rebel Yells: A protest music mixtape". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 Arsenal TV3 Catalonian TV 1987-08-04". YouTube. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
This section includes material copied verbatim from "Chief Priest Say" Archived 4 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, at chimurenga library.co.za, released under GFDL.
Stanovsky, Derek (1998). "Fela and His Wives: The Import of a Postcolonial Masculinity". Jouvert. english.chass.ncsu.edu. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
Koirala, Snigdha. "—Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, New Museum of Contemporary Art". BOMB Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
Reedy, R. Scott (3 May 2012). "Theatergoers can't stay in their seats during 'Fela!'". Marshfield Mariner. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
"Tony Award Nominations, 2010". Archived from the original on 9 May 2010.
Gans, Andrew, and Adam Hetrick. "Fela! Will Play Limited Summer Return Engagement on Broadway". Playbill. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"New Blue Plaque Honours Local Afrobeat Legend". The Chiswick Herald. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
Nkrumah, Afrikatu Kofi (1 November 2021). "Fela Kuti, godfather of Afrobeat, honoured with a blue heritage plaque in London, England". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

wickedlocal.com

Reedy, R. Scott (3 May 2012). "Theatergoers can't stay in their seats during 'Fela!'". Marshfield Mariner. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

worldcat.org

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Olaniyan, Tejumola (2004). Arrest the Music!: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-11034-3. OCLC 65189067.^{[page needed]}

yafri.ca

naija.yafri.ca

"20 years after Fela's death, his music, lifestyle and influence lives on » YNaija". YNaija. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

youtube.com

Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 Arsenal TV3 Catalonian TV 1987-08-04". YouTube. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2020.