AFAMAST 1122 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fela Kuti, Olusegun Obasanjo, Kalakuta Republic

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: African American & African Std
• Course: AFAMAST 1122
• Professor: All

Document Summary

1969 red cross is caught for aiding biafra with weapons by media finds out, and so red cross embarrassingly backed away (stepped out their aid boundary) With lack of resources and after many deaths biafra is reintegrated back to nigeria: fela kuti. Came from wealthy family, and mom was a respected feminist. Although parents wanted him to become doctor, lawyer etc. He turns to jazz music and playing the saxophone. 1960s goes to u. s. and is influenced by the black power movement. James brown influenced fela, and after returning to nigeria at the end of the biafran. War, he creates afrobeat (jazz, funk, + high life) and sang in pidgin (reaches wide audience instead of yoruba singing only in yoruba) His music was opposed by christian, and muslim religions. Kalakuta republic in lagos: his faced was normally painted, smoking a joint, and would be almost naked. He was a protestor through his music, and expressed his anti-dictatorshipness.