Fela: This Bitch of a Life: The Authorized Biography of Africa's Musical by Carlos Moore
African superstar, composer, singer, and musician, as well as mystic and political activist, Nigerian Fela Kuti, born in 1938, was controversy personified. He was swept to international celebrity on a wave of scandal and flamboyance, and when he died of AIDS in 1997, more than a million people attended his funeral. But what was he really like, this man who could as easily arouse violent hostility as he could unswerving loyalty? Carlos Moore's unique biography, based on hours of conversation and told in Fela's first-person vernacular, reveals the icon's complex personality and tumultuous existence. Moore includes interviews with fifteen of his queens (wives); photos; and an updated discography.
Fela was an incredible pioneerHis rhythms and influence have been absorbed into so much of the music around today, and the musical world owes him a debt of gratitude. - Stevie Wonder [H]e has influenced music in Africa more than anyone else. - The Guardian Fela's music is simply some of the most compulsively funky ever created. - The Sunday Times
Carlos Moore is a political scientist and an ethnologist. He is an honorary research fellow at the School for Graduate Studies and Research of the University of the West Indies-Kingston and the author of Pichon: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849386739 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849386730 |
| Title | Fela: This Bitch of a Life: The Authorized Biography of Africa's Musical |
| Author | Carlos Moore |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Omnibus Press |
| Year published | 2010-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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