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Fela Kuti  

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  • Born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on October 15, 1938, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, pioneer of Afrobeat music, was not only a singer, composer, and multiinstrument musician, he was also an intensely political artist who used his music as a weapon to fight against the oppression of Africans, as well as people all over the world. Kuti was born into a politically active, middle-class Yoruba family. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Kuti, Fela (1938–1997)]

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