Afrobeat: Fela and the Imagined Continent

By Sola Olorunyomi

In the seventies, as signs of decay began to show in the capitalist experiment of the newly independent African countries, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti tore his way into popular culture with his signature blend of ethno-traditional music and jazz, drawing lyrics from the flipside of neo-colonial society and his own experience in London and America in the sixties. Afrobeat was born. A dynamic mode of expression in the social history of post-independent West Africa, Afrobeat comprises the lives, loves and politics of a people born to resist.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592210724
• ISBN13: 9781592210725
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"