Fela Kuti

Why Kanye West Could Never Be Fela Kuti

Derek Beres | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bill T Jones, Broadway, Modern Dance, Nigeria, Kanye West, Fela Kuti, Afrobeat, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

While Kanye West's admitted disdain for books is well known, I reflected on his recent comments while at the Eugene O'Neill Theater watching Fela!, the production based on the life Fela Kuti.

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FELA! Pumps New Life Into the Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Modiba | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Global Music, Global Music Corner, African-Music, Global-Music-Corner, Fela Kuti, Africa, World News
Modiba

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

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Asa: The Next Generation's Voice Of African Protest

Modiba | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nigeria, Guitar, Yoruba, Music, Keziah Jones, Fela Kuti, Protest, Asa, Global Music Corner, World Music Corner, World News
Modiba

What do you get when you take a bit of Bob Marley, a chunk of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, add some India Arie pre-mixed with Miriam Makeba and Angélique Kidjo and finish it off with Yoruba classics?

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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HuffPost Reviews: Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl / Asa -- Asa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

With a basic reverence for the original record, Morrison's live arrangements allow for musicians to add new layers of strata though jams, while acknowledging forty years has passed since the original was slated.

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