Fela: This Bitch of a Life: The Authorized Biography of Africa's Musical Genius: This Bitch of a Life: This Bitch of a Life: The Authorized Biography of Africa's Musical Genius - Softcover

Carlos Moore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849386730 ISBN 13: 9781849386739

Publisher: Omnibus Press, 2010

Synopsis

Superstar, composer, singer, musician, mystic and political activist, Nigeria's Fela Kuti was a wildly flamboyant and controversial figure. Fela This Bitch of A Life digs deep to unearth many previously hidden aspects of this complex man who died of AIDS in 1997 after a tumultuous life of musical pioneering.

In the years since his death, Fela Kuti's reputation has continued to grow, spawning the Tony-award winning Fela! The Musical, now an international success.

Fela This Bitch of A Life is based on many hours of conversation with Kuti himself and gives an intimate insight to someone whose many public faces often hid the innermost feelings of the man.

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Review:

Fela was an incredible pioneer. His 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

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849386730
• ISBN 13: 9781849386739
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288