Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Afrobeat, Rebellion, and Philosophy

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Preface
Introduction
1. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Fela Studies
2. Fela in Historical Perspectives Part A History And Culture
3. Natal Tales: Fela and His Family
4. The Performative Rhythm : From Highlife to Afrobeat
5. The "Woman Question": Fela and His Women Part B Fela, Art, and Politics
6. Fela and Postcolonial Political Economy of Nigeria
7. The Politics of Fela's Music
8. Fela's Use of Language
9. Postcoloniality and Art in Fela and His Afrobeat Part C Fela and Felasophy
10. Cultural Imperatives in Fela's Music
11. Fela's Thoughts on African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
12. Fela and Pan-Africanism
13. Blackism: Fela's Political Philosophy
14. Freedom and Excesses: Fela and Social Eccentricities Part D Fela In The Future
15. Post-Fela: Afrobeat as Memorialization
16. Fela as a Legacy Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti was the Afrobeat music maestro whose life and time provide the lens through which we can outline the postcolonial trajectory of the Nigerian state as well as the dynamics of most other African states. Through the Afrobeat music, Fela did not only challenge consecutive governments in Nigeria, but his rebellious Afrobeat lyrics facilitate a philosophical subtext that enriches the more intellectual Afrocentric discourses. Afrobeat and the philosophy of blackism that Fela enunciated place him right beside Malcolm X, Kwame Nkrumah, Marcus Garvey, and all the others who champion a black and African mode of being in the world. This book traces the emergence of Fela on the music scene, the cultural and political backgrounds that made Afrobeat possible, and the philosophical elements that not only contributed to the formation of Fela’s blackism, but what constitutes Fela’s philosophical sensibility too.

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