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Some lives demand to be told. The life of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is one of them. Born in 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria, into a family of activists and educators, Fela grew up understanding that silence in the face of injustice was its own kind of crime. He took that understanding and turned it into music that shook governments, filled streets, and traveled across the world to reach people who had never set foot in Africa but recognized, the moment they heard it, that something true was being said.This biography traces ten extraordinary chapters of his life, from his formation in colonial Nigeria and his musical education in London, through the invention of Afrobeat and the building of the Kalakuta Republic, to the government raids that tried to silence him and the global legacy that proved they failed. It is the story of a man who paid a very high price for telling the truth and who paid it willingly, every single time.Honest, intimate, and written with the full weight of the life it carries, this book is for anyone who has ever believed that music can change the world. Fela did not just believe it. He proved it. Read more
