Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti

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Man abi wuman	man
Kontri wey e kom from	Naija
Orijina nem	Fela Anikulapo Kuti,Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
Alias	Abami Eda,Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti
Wen dem bon am	15 October 1938
Ples wey dem bon am	Abeokuta
Wen e kpai	2 August 1997
Place of death	Lagos
Manner of death	natural causes
Cause of death	death from AIDS-related complications
Papa	Israel Olutodun Ransome-Kuti
Mama	Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Broda an sista	Olikoye Ransome-Kuti,Beko Ransome-Kuti
Pesin wey e mari	unknown value,Remilekun Kuti
Pikin	Femi Kuti,Seun Kuti
Langwej wey e fit tok, rait abi yuz hand tok	English langwej,Yoruba Langwej,Naijá langwej
Wie e go skul	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance,Abeokuta Grammar School
Wen e stat wok	1958
Work period (end)	1997
Party wey e dey for politis	Movement of the People
E pipul	Yoruba pipul
Discography	Fela Kuti discography
Stai of song abi fim	jazz,highlife,Afrobeat
Record label	Wrasse Records,Barclay,JVC,EMI
Influenced by	Orlando Julius
Significant event	prisoner of conscience
Awod wey e kolet	All African Music Legend Award
Official website	http:// felaproject.net
Described at URL	https:// tekstowo.pl/wykonawca,fela_kuti.html
Depicted by	My Friend Fela
Personal pronoun	L485

Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti(dem bon am for Octorber 15, 1938 an e kpai for August 2, 1997) naNaijamuzishian, komposa and aktivist. Fela ril nem naOlufela Olusegun Oludotun Ramsome-Kutian pipul no am wel wel asAbami Eda.Fela dey amog di fest muzishian wey statAfrobeat.Afrobeat na one mettod of Muzik wey join Afrika muzik an Amerika funk an jazz.Pipul sabi Fela as muzishian wey dey yuz tins wey dey happun for politiks sing for e muzik. Fela na son to one Naija wuman wey dey fight for human right wey e nem naFunmilayo Ransome-Kuti.Afta e eli espiriens for obodo Oyinbo, Fela an e bandAfrica 70kolabo wit drum pesin and muzikal daretoTony Allen,dey kom popula wel wel forNaijafor 1970s, na dat time Naija sojas sey im bi dey against dem and e kom bi target for dia mitin. For 1970, E fom diKalakuta Republic Commune,to sho sey e no dey onda di militri rul. Dem skata di Commune for di raid wey dem du for 1978. Dey put Fela for prisin onda di Govament of Muhammadu Bihari for 1984, bot dem free am afta e yuz 20 month for prisin. E Kontiniu to rekod an dey pafom for difren time for 1980s an 1990s. Sins wen e don dai for 1997, E pikin wey biFemi Kutidon dey yuz im muzik style.

How im tek stat life an wok

Famili_Ransome_Kuti_c1940

Na for October 15, 1938 dem bonOlufela Olusegun Oladotun Ramsome-Kutito diRansome-Kutifamili.Ransome Kuti famili get moni an na Abeokuta for Ogun Stet in Naija dey dey stey.Fela mama naFunmilayo Ransome-Kuti an Fela mama no sopot di Oyinbo rul ova Naija dat time.Fela papa naReverend Israel Oladotun Ransom-Kutiwey bi prinsipa forAnglican ministerskul an na di fest presido for Naija Union of Tishas. E brodas dem na medikal doktor an dia nem naBeko Ransome-KutianOlikoye Ransome-Kuti.Kuti na kozin toWole Soyinkawey biNoble laureatean na Wole Soyinka bi di fest blak raita to koletNobel Prize for Literatureawod. Fela goAbeokuta Grammar School.For 1958, dem send am goLondonmek e go rid medisine bot na Muzik e chuz to rid forTrinity College of Music.Fela like to yuz trumpet pass eni oda instrument. Wen e neva dai, Fela fom di bandkoola Lobitosan e dey playjazz and highlifetogeda. For 1960, Kuti mari e fest wife,Remilekun(Remi)Taylorwey bon three pikin for am ( Femi, Yeni and Sola). For 1963, Fela kom bak to di "newly independent Federation of Nigeria"an e kom fom dikoola Lobitosagain, and risiv trenin to bi Radio Produsa for"Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation".E foloVictor Olaiyapafom for som time wit all e stars. For 1967, Fela trafu go Ghana to luk for a niu muzik dareto, Even kom kol im musik styleAfrobeatwey bi di combinashon ofhighlife, funk, jazz, salsa, calypso, an tradishonal Yorubamuzik. For 1969, Fela kari di band entaUnited Statesan e dey forLos Angelesfor ten month. Na dia e tek see diBlack Power movementbySandra Smithnow dem sabi Sandra Smith as (Sandra 'IzsadoreabiSandra AkankeIsidore), na strong soporta for diBlack Panther Party.Dis espiriens kom afekt how e tek see muzik and politiks. Fela leta nem e bandNigeria 70.E no kom tey wey one promota giv diImmigration and Naturalization Serviceinformashon say Fela an e band dem dey forUSand dem no get wok pamits. Di band kom du one kwik rekod seshon forLos Angeleswey dem go leta rilis wit di nemThe 69 Los Angeles Sessions.

For 1970s

Afta Fela an e band kom reton to Naijá, dey nem di grupThe Africa 70an na dat taim di muzik style chenj fom love to wetin dey happun for Naijá. E fom diKalakuta Republicwey bi grup of pipul wey de share di sem bilif and di sem responsibilitis, rekoding studio, an home for meni pipul wey get koneshon to di band. Fela tok seyKalakuta Replublicno dey pat of Naijá Govament. Fela dey pafom for e own Nightklub wey e leta nemAfrica Shrine.Fela dey giv praise to e Gran papa papa dem wey don dai. E leta chenj e nem toAnikulapowey di minin na (pesin we death dey im poket), wey di intapritashon na (Na me go chuz wen I go dai). Fela refuse to yuz e papa nemRamsombikos e tok sey di nem na slave nem. Pipul no Fela muzik for Naijá an Afrika wel Fela chuz to dey sing for pidgin bikos e wan mek pipul wey no go skul wel wel fit onda standn e muzik tu. Bikos Fela laik to dey tok to Govament enihow, Govament pipul no laik e muzik at all an dem dey kol arrest am for eKalakute Republic.For 1972, Fela an e band mek one rekod witGinger BakerBobby Tench.Na for dat taim, Fela wit e bandAfrica 70kom mek di rekod albomZombiewey tok enihow to Naijá sojas an di way dem dey du. Di albom mek Govament vex so tey dey kom wit 1,000 sojas kom beat Fela no bi smol an dey kari Fela mama troway fom upstair window an e mama wey don old rili injor.Di sojas put faya for di ples inkludin di studio, muzik instrument an masta tape. Fela tok sey na dat day e for dai if no bi one ofisa wey tok sey mek dey jost beat am and liv am.Fela no du enitin dan to kari e mama kofin goDondan Barracksfor Legos, an na diaGeneral Olusegun Obasanjodey stay dat time.Fela dat taim rait songs wey biCoffin for Head of StateanUnknown Soildier.Di taitu ofUnknown Soldierdey refar to di unknown sojas wey kom skata dicommune.Fela and e band kom go dey stay forCrossroads Hotelafta dem skata di shrine wit di Commune. For 1978, e marri 27 wumen:

1. Kikelomo Oseni
2. Folake Oladejo
3. Tejumade Adebiyi
4. Naa Lamiley
5. Sewaa Kuti
6. Omotola Osaeti
7. Omowunmi Oyedele
8. Alake Anikulapo Kuti
9. Shade Shodeinde
10. Adeola Williams
11. Najite Kuti
12. Emaruagheru Osawe
13. Kevwe Oghomienor
14. Ihase Anikulapo
15. Adejonwo Iyabode Ogunitro
16. Bose Anikulapo Kuti
17. Lara Anikulapo Kuti
18. Suru Eriomola
19. Tokunbo Akran
20. Funmi Kuti
21. Omowunmi Afesumo
22. Laide Anikulapo Kuti
23. Ronke Edason
24. Damiregba Anikulapo Kuti
25. Aduni Idowu
26. Omolara Shosanya and
27. Remilekun Taylor.

Meni of dem na dansa, komposa and singa wey e dey wok wit. Di marej no onli mark di anivasri for di attack for diKalakuta Republicbut na to protet Kuti an e waif dem fom di lie lie wey di otoriti dey klem sey Fela dey kidnap wumen. Leta, e adopt one roteshona sistem for mentenin 12 wife for di sem taim. Fela du one sho forAkraan wahala happun for di sho wen Fela stat to sing diZombie.Na di risin dey no gre mek to kom dey du sho for Ghana again bi dat.Di sekond sho na afta diBerlin Jazz Festivalwen most musishians wey dey wok wit Fela lif am bikos pipul dey tok lie sey Fela wan yuz all e moni tey du kampay to bi di Presido for Naijá. For 1979, Fela fom im politikal parti, wey e kol amMovement of the People (MOP),to klin up di sosaeti laik dimop.Bot govment for dat taim konfront am kwik kwik an mek di parti no dey aktiv again. NaNkrumahismandAfricanismMOPdey prish dat taim.

Fom 1980 kom down

For 1983, Fela wan kari elekshion to bi di presido of Naijá bot di Govament no gre mek e bi kandidet.For dis time, Fela kom fom one band wey get Di nemEgypt 80an e plan na to sho afrika how diEgyptpipul tey get sivilaizashon, nolej, filosofi, matimatis and dia rilijion sistem na Afrikans and dey most klem am like dat. For one intaviu, Kuti tok sey Im dey stress di point sey im hav to mek di Afrika pipul dey awie sey na dem get how diEgyptpipu tek sivilais. E kom tok sey na di resin why e chenj di band nem toEgypt 80bi dat.Fela Kontiniu to rekod meni albom an dey waka rand di kontri. E kom mek di politikal establishment vex wen e impliket diITT Corporation's vice-president,Moshood AbiolaandObasanjofor di popula 25-menit politikal sikret wey e kolI.T.T(International Thief-Thief).For 1984, Fela muzik dey tok enihow toMuhammadu Buharigovment. Di govment kom jail am sey dem charge am formoney smuggling.One join bodi wey beAmnesty Internationalan oda join bodi dem kom tok sey wetin govment charge am for na politikal motivashon.Amnestykom chuz am as pesin wey dey for prisin bikos of konshens, and oda human right join bodi kom sopot an tek im kes up. Afta 20 monts,General Ibrahim Babangidakom relis am fom prisin. Fela kom divos Im remenin 12 waif afta dey rilis am, e tok sey e marej na e bring jelosi and sefishnes. Fela Kontiniu to relis alboms witEgypt 80and dey waka arand diUnited StatesanEuropeand e Kontiniu to dey aktiv for politiks. For 1986, e dey for pipul wey pafom forGiants Stadium in New Jerseyas pat of diAmnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope concertwitBono,Carlos Santanaan diNeville Brothers.For 1989, Kuti anEgypt 80rilis dianti-apartheid albumwey biBeast of No Nationdat sho diU.S.PresidentRonald Reagan,UKPrimeMinisterMargaret Thatcher,an diSouth African PresidentPieter Willem Bothafor di kova. Di nem wey e giv di song na from wetinBothatok sey:This uprising [against the apartheid system] will bring out the beast in us.Fela albom kom dey slow for di taim of 1990, and e stop to dey rilis albom togeda. Wen e rich January 1993, dey arrest im wit four of e membas forAfrica 70and dey chaj dem for 25 January sey dem kill one elektrishian. Pipu com stat to kari rumo sey im get one siknes wey e dey tek tritment.No bodi don konfam am wetin pipul dey tok.

How e tek dai

For 3 August 1996, Fela broda wey e nem na Olikoye Ransome-Kutina prominent AIDS activistan na foma minista for health, tok sey na AIDS kill Fela bot Fela an e waif dem no gree sey e get AIDS wen Fela dey alive. Im yonges pikin wey biSeune kom tek ova di rol to dey lid Fela foma band wey biEgypt 80.For 2020, di band still dey aktiv, wey e dey rilis muzik onda diMoniker Seun Kuti&Egypt 80.

Im Musik

Fela muzik style naAfrobeat.Afrobeat get jazz, funk, highlife, tradishonal Naijá, Afrikachantanrhymes.Na muzik wey kontenelements of psychedelic soulan wan resembu howJames Browndey kompos e song.Afrobeatborrow fom di natif wey bj tinker pan.Tony Allenwey bi druma for twenty years.Fela don tok am for one taim seyif no bi Tony Allen, Afrobeat for no dey.Fela band dey popular bikos e bi dey yuz twobaritone saxophoneswen meni oda group dem be dey yuz one. Dis na komon teknik forAfrika-influenced musical styleswey you fit see forfunk and hip hop.Somtaims for e band, e dey yuz two pesin wey sabi play drum wey bi base for di sem taim an two of dem dey playinterlocking melodies and rhythms.E dey always yuz two or more pipul wey dey play gitar.The electric West Africanstyle gita forAfrobeatband na paramont bot e bi dey yuz to gif basik strukture, and to dey repitchordal/melodicstetment,riff,orgroove.Som element wey dey for Kuti musik na dicall-and-responseinside di korus andfigurativebot di liriks dem na simpu liriks. Im song dey long for like 10 to 15 minits, and meni of e song long rech 20 to 30 minits, and som of e trak wey e no rilis dem dey last rech like 45 minits wen Im dey pafom for live stej. How im musik be dey long na e be one rizin wey make e musik no reach di digri of popularity for outside Afrika. ImLPrekod be dey get one 30 minits trak. E get som of e musik introdokshon part wey long reach like 10-15 minits befor e go com start to sing di song wit Im liriks dem, for anoda 10-15 minits. For som of e rekods dem, e devaid Im song to two pats: pat 1 na di instrument pat, and di pat 2 na di vokal pat wey e go add to di instrument pat. Kuti sing meni of e song for Naija pidgin English, and e also pafom small of Im song wittrumpet,electric guita,and dioccasional drumsolo.Kuti no gri sing song agen afta e com sabi Yoruba languaj. Im mein instrument dat time na disaxophoneand dikey board,but e de also play di one wey e don alredy rekod dem, na e make Im song no too dey popular for outside Afrika. Dem sabi Kuti for im show dem, and im konsat dem wild show e dey be. E call Im akt wey e do for stej diUnderground Spiritual Game.Meni pipu espet am to pafom for di western part, but for di time of 1980, e no com get interest for eni show. E pafomans for Europe dey represent wetin dey hapun for im time an im oda inspiration dem. E tink of di art sey e musik go get minin for politiks. Kuti na part of diAfro-Centric consciousness movementwey start date time and diliva from e musik wey sopos get effect. Wetin Afrika musik dey about be say, wen you dey play musik and pipu no dey feel enitin, e show say you no sabi be dat. For one intaviu wey e do witHank BordowitzNoise of the World,Kuti tok say: Muv! I wan muv pipu to dance, but mek we tink of am. Musik nid to show a beta laif agenst a bad laif. Wen you dey listen to somtin wey dey tok about beta laif and you no get beta di laif, e sopos show for di kind pesin wey you be. Kuti musik, an im e no go gri behevio na becos of wetin dey hapun for e area. For one intaviu rekod wey show for diFaces of Africafor CGTN Afrika, e kompie bitwin di Oyinbo languaj love musik and e own musik say: Yes, wen you dey for England, di musik fit be di tin of enjoiment. You fit sing about love, you fit sing about wu you wan folo sleep nest. But for awa own envairoment hia, my sosaeti never develop becos of di strenj sistem wey dey wit awa pipu. Notin wey be like love. Na wetin dey hia, na how pipu be dey try struggle for dia laif for dem to fit live.

E politika viu and e invovment

E politika invovment: Kuti invov e sef for politiks in Afrika from 1970 till di time wey e dai. E kritisais di koropshon fo Naija govment woka an au dem tek dey trit sitizin fo bad way. E tok about how strenja tek bi di rut for di ekonomi Kraisis for Naija, an aw dem tek be di yawa fo politiks wey di pipu fo Afrika dey fes. Koropshon na won wos problem fo politik wey Afrika dey fes fo 1970s an Naija dey for di kontri wey koropshon sidon. Govment dey dabaru eleshon an dey pafom kup wey kom wos povati mata, e kom mek ekonomi mata sef drop, emploiment no dey, an di mata fo politiks no dey stebu, koropshon wit kraim kom plenti well well. Kuti protes musik taitu, na di rialiti fo wetin dey hapun to Afrika ekonomi an koropshon mata. Na all Afrika kontri go don hie about Kuti stetment fo politiks. Kuti song dey tok about di bad tins an di kain way wey shitin de fo how dem dey kontro Naija an e no dey kom witaut konsikwens. E pass 200 diferens time wey dem arest Kuti and e spend time fo jail, wit e 20 mont for jail afta dem arest am for 1984. For dat time, di koropt govment send sojas to bit Kuti, e family an frends, an distroi wie e dey stay wit e instrument dem an e rekods dem. For di time of 1970, e bigin tok for politiks for deli an wikli nius pepa advat likeThe Daily TimesandThe Punch,livin dieditorial censorship in Nigeria's predominantly state-controlled media. Dem poblish am for di time of 1970 and for eli 1980 onda di taituChief Priest Say,dis kolums na Kuti estenshon for im femosYabi Sessions-consciousness-raising word-sound ritualswit e sef aschief priest for e nite klob for Lagos wey de oganise formilitantly Afrocentricfor e histri and di esens for black beauty,Chief Priesttok sayfocused on the role of cultural hegemony in the continuing subjugation of Africans. Kuti tell plenti topiks on kondemin di Naija govment krimina behavio,how Islamik and Kristen don koropt reach, and bad bad plenti koporeshon dem; E tok abaut di brek downof Western medicine,Black Muslims,Sex,Pollution,andPoreverty.Chief Priest tok seyThe Daily TimesandThe PunchKansu all e ripot dem. Plenti oda pipu sef tok sey dem preshor di pepa editors dem to stop to dey rait dis tins inside pepa wit di e trets of vawulens dem.

E viu for Politiks

Kuti musik dey tok abut wetin e be get for mind. How e tek popula for 1970s show di shenj wey dey for Naija musik art and for di tok tok wey dey for Naija politiks dat time. For 1984, e tok and yab di Naija presido wey dey for pawa dat time wey biPresident Muhammadu Buhari. Beast of No Nation,na one of di most popula song wey e refar to Buhari sey e bi anima wey dey for mad man bodi. E tok am for Naija pijin sey:No bi outside Buhari dey ee, na craze man, na craze man bi dat, animal in craze man skini.Kuti get strong belief for Afrika and e dey alwes preash pis among e pipu. E tink sey to fight agenst Europe pipu korshor and to sopot tradishona riligion dem and e lifestyle for dia kontinent. DiAmerican Black Powermovment also show how Kuti tek viu politiks, how e tek sopot diPan - AfricanismandSocialismwey e call for how dem go dey as one wey bi diDemocratic African Republic.Kwame NkrumahandThomas Sankaradey among di leeda for Afrika wey Kuti be dey sopot wen e still dey alaif. Kuti na pesin wey strong for human rite mata, and meni of e musik na direkt atak agenstdi diktetors for politiks mata, espeshiali di militiri govment wey dey rule Naija for 1970s and 1980s. E also yab im felo Afrika pipu espeshiali di upper klas pipu for di wey dem tek dey bitre di Afrika tradishon and korshor. For 1978 Kuti bekom man wit meni wife, wey e mari to 27 wumen one afta di oda.Na di popula wedin dat time wey serv meni porpos: e mark di one year anivasri for how Kuti and e wife tek sovaiv di atak wey hapun forKalakuta Republicby di militri govment for 1977, naso e fomalise di rileshon wey de betwin di wumen wey e dey liv wit dis lega status privent di Naija govment wey dem no fit kom e kompand, on to sey im kidnap di wimen dem. Kuti also tok about meni wife as wetin bi sens and dey norma. Man dey go for wumen for di fest ples. laik for Europe, wen a man don mari, wen di wife dey sleep, e go dey go out go dey slip around. E go kari di wuman kom haus, and di man go dey kom dey liv wit am and e go stop to dey run around di strit. Som pipu tok sey im viu for wuman mata na di kain filin wey mek e sing song likeMattressfor foda pruf for mor esampu, e mok diAfrican women's aspiration to European standards of ladyhoodwai e prais di valu of di market wumen for e song wey biLady.Kuti also tok agenst wetin e konsida say e bi strong displa for Afrika karakta for men. For e song wey bi J.J.D.(Johnny Just Drop) andGentleman, Kuti mok di men for how dem tek dey do dia kulshor and politiks wey Erop pipu kari enta Afrika and e kom deklie e sef say im bi African man: Original, Kuti na pesin wey dey tok well well agenst diUnited States.For one mitin wey e go wen e waka for Amsterdam, e komplen abaut di kind mind for war wey Amerika join bodi likeITTand diCIAtek agenst di nashons dem wey de divelop for languaj. Bekos word wey be likeThird World,undeveloped,or di wons wey even wos kontris dem wey no gri wit wetin e tok na fek e bi. Kuti fill say mek dem stop to dey yus dem.

Wetin dem tek de rimemba am

Den dey rimemba Kuti for how e tek bi important pesin wey dey tok e aidia for mata wey de afekt di nashon wit e musik. Na from 1998, na im diFelabration festivalwey bi one aidia wey im dohta wey biYeni Kutistart, dem de do am evri year for diNew Afrika Shrineto selibret di laif of dis musik ogbonge pesin and e betday. Sins di taim wey e dai for 1997, na im dem don de do e revaiva for how e musik tek dey impotant and e tok abaut awa popula kolshor, dey kom rilis plenti of e musik from e list weyUMGdey kontro, for big ples and ples wey no bi opun ples, dem pafom e shos dem and niu band dem laikAntibalas,wey kari di Afrobit bana for di niw genereshon to di pipu wey de hie di musik. For 1999,Universal Music France,wey dey ondaFrancis Kertekian,wey mek a niu 45 albom saund rekod wey dem rilis am for 26 kompat disk. Dem kom giv laisens for di song taitu for di world, esept for naija and Japan, wie oda kompani get kuti musik. For 2005, diUMGopereshon for Amerika giv laisens to all e world musik taitu to diUK-Basedlabel wey biWrasse Records,wey ripakej di sem 26 disk wey dem go distribut for diUnited States (Na die dem riples di taitu wey MCA giv) and di one wey UK giv. For 2009, Universal kom kriet one niu deal forUSandEurope,witKnitting Factory Recordsand..PIAS,wey get diBroadway cast recordrilis for di Fela musik. For 2013,FKO Ltd,na di join bodi wey get di rite to all song wey Kuti rait, and naBMG Rights Managementna dem get am. For 2003, dem displey di Black Presidentas di fest tin for di niu Musiom forContemporary ArtforNew Yorkand mek atrakshon konsat dem, different parti dem, fim dem, and intanashona art wok wey rish 39.Bilalwey bi Amerika singa rekod and do som song wey Kuti sing for 1997 wey biSorrow TearsandBloodand for e sekond albom,Love for Salee fishor one rappa wey jus kom.Bilalsee Kuti song kombinashon wey bejazzandfolksey na e efekt e musik. One fim wey dem do for 2007, wey e nem naThe Visitorwey bi sey naThomas McCarthydairet am, reprisent won diskonekted profesor wey bi (Richard Jenkins) na e bi wan pley didjembe;e len am from won yong pesin wey kom fromSyriawey e nem na (Haaz Sleiman) na e tell di profesor sey e no go fit ondastand Afrika musik if e no gri hie Kuti musik dem. For di fim, dem yus Kuti song wey biOpen and Closeand Je'nwi Temi(Don't Gag Me). For 2008, small small ples dem, dem do prodokshon abaot laif wey Kuti liv wey dem kollFela!and na e mek di Fela laif tori wey dem do for 1982, wey biFela! This Bitch of a LifefromCarlos Moore,e stat to join bodi togeda to do wok bitwin diAfrobeat band Antibalasand diTonyawod winna wey e nem biBill T. Jones.Di prodokshon na big sosess and e sell well for di time, pipu wey dey tok agenst am dem even stat to de preis and tok beta tins abaut di sosess. For November 22, 2009. Fela! kom be wetin dey for big opun ples for diEugene O'Neill Theatre.Jim Lewishep wrait di skript witJonesamong oda pipu, pipu laikJay-ZandWill Smith,giv am produsa backup. Wen e rish May 4, 2010. dey kom nominet Fela for11 Tony Awards,wit diBest Music,Best Book of a musical,Best Direction of a Musical for Bill T. Jones,Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Sahr Ngaujah,andBest Featured Actress in a Musical for Lillias White.For 2011, dem do one fim for di London Prodokshon for Fela! Wey dem koll (stage at the Royal National Theatre). For 11, June 2012, dem anaons am sey dem go retonFela!bak to 32 opun ples pafomans. For 2009,DJ J.Periodrilis wan fri mixtep for di jenera poblik wey e nem di tepThe Messengers.And na kolabo wit wanhip-hopmusishian wey dem bon for Somalia wey e nem naK'naandem do am togeda to praisKuti,Bob Marley,witBob Dylan.Afta two mont,Knitting Factorystat tu rekod and stat tu rilis di 45 taitu kontro by diUMGagain, E stat wit Fela Kuti statue for Ikeja, Lagos wit anoda rilis forUSfor di konpilashon wey biThe Best of the Black Presidentwey dem komplit and rilis am for 2013.Fela Son of Kuti:The Fall of Kalakutana stej play wey bi sey naOnyekaba Cornel Bestinfor 2010. E don klem to win am as pat of di year Felabreshon and reton for 2014 for diNational Theatreand forFreedom Parkfor Lagos. Di pley dil wit event for a haid ples, a day afta Kalakuta fall. Di full lent dokumentri fimFinding Fela,wey bi sey naAlex Gibneydairekt am, na e bi nomba one for di 2014Sundance Film Festival.A biographical film by Focus Featureswey bi sey naSteve McQueendairet am, and naBiyi Bandeleraite am, for 2010, one stori kom dey dat time dey for prodokshon, witChiwete Ejioforfor di lead role. So, for 2014, di proposa no longa dey prodius onda diFocus Feature,and e menten e role as di main pesin wey raite am, dey Kom riplesMcQueenkom putAndrew Dosunmuas di darekto.McQueenkom tell di pesin wey dey ripot forHollywoodsey di fim don die. Di 2019 dokumentri fim wey biMy Friend Fela (Meu amigo Fela)wey bi sey naJoel Zito Araújodo am, wey bring about Kuti laif tru di eyes and di Konvashon of e baografa wey biCarlos Moore.Di kolaboretiv jazz/afrobeat album wey bi Rejoice byTony AllenandHugh Masekela,wey dey rilis for 2020, wey include di trackNever (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same),wey bi atribute to Kuti, for wenAllen and Masekelafes mit for di 1970s. Kuti song wey biZombiedon apie for di vidio game wey bi Grand Theft Auto IV,and afta e death dey kom giv am awod wey bi diRock & Roll Hall of Famefor 2021. For 2021,Hulurilis won six episod dokumentri wey e taitu naMcCartney 3, 2, 1,wey bi sey dem quotePaul McCartneysey e visit tu see Fela Kuti for di African Shrine,wey bi Kuti klob for outsaid Lagos,for ehli 1970, e tok sey;Di musik surprise am wey mek e krai.Sey;hearing di musik na won of di gretes musik moment for e laif.For 1 November 2021, e get won blu plaque weyNubian Jak Community Trustopun for12 Stan lake Road, Shepherd's Bush,na der Kuti fes stey for di taim wey im dey goTrinity College.Wetin dey do for di event konten tribiut wey Kuti dohta wey biShalewa Ransome- Kuti,Debbie Goltwey biResonance FM broadcaster,Kuti bifor bifor manejaRikki Stein,kova atist wey biLemi Ghariokwu,wit di odas. For 2022, dey kom put Kuti for diBlack Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.

Som of E Musik Dem

• Fela Fela Fela (1969)
• Fela's London Scene (1971)
• Why Black Man Dey Suffer (1971)
• Live! (1971)
• Open & Close (1971)
• Shakara (1972)
• Roforofo Fight (1972)
• Afrodisiac (1973)
• Gentleman (1973)
• Confusion (1975)
• Expensive Shit (1975)
• He Miss Road (1975)
• Water No Get Enemy (1975)
• J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop!!) (1977)
• Fela Kuti Zombie (1977)
• Stalemate (1977)
• No Agreement (1977)
• Sorrow Tears and Blood (1977)
• Shuffering and Shmiling (1978)
• Black President (1981)
• Original Sufferhead (1981)
• Unknown Soldier (1981)
• Army Arrangement (1985)
• Beasts of No Nation (1989)
• Confusion Break Bones (1990)
• The Best Best of Fela Kuti (1999)
• The '69 Los Angeles Sessions (1969/2010).

Som of E Fim Dem

• My Friend Fela, 2019, Joel Zito Araújo (Casa de Criação Cinema)
• Finding Fela, 2014, Alex Gibney and Jack Gulick (Jigsaw Productions)
• Femi Kuti — Live at the Shrine, 2005, recorded live in Lagos, Nigeria (Palm Pictures)
• Fela Live! Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Egypt '80 Band (https:// bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000xh3n/glastonbury-fela-kuti-at-glastonbury-1984), 1984, recorded live at Glastonbury,England (Yazoo)
• Fela Kuti: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense & Berliner Jazztage '78 (Double Feature), 1984 (Lorber Films)
• Fela in Concert, 1981 (VIEW)
• Music Is the Weapon, 1982, Stéphane Tchalgadjieff and Jean-Jacques Flori (Universal Music)