Arrest the Music!: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics Olaniyan Tejumola
"Olaniyan has given us a profound and beautifully integrated book which culminates in a persuasive interpretation of the relationship between Fela's apparently incompatible presentational selves. . .…
Specifikacia Arrest the Music!: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics Olaniyan Tejumola
"Olaniyan has given us a profound and beautifully integrated book which culminates in a persuasive interpretation of the relationship between Fela's apparently incompatible presentational selves. . . . The book's accessible and evocative prose is in itself a kind of homage to Fela's continual ability to seduce and astonish. . . . This is such an attractive book you feel like . . . ransacking your collection for Fela tapes." --Karin Barber " . . . an indispensable companion to Fela's music and a rich source of information for studies in modern African popular music." --Akin EubaArrest the Music! is a lively musical study of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa's most recognizable, popular, and controversial musicians. The flamboyant originator of the "Afrobeat" sound and self-proclaimed voice of the voiceless, Fela used music, sharp-tongued lyrics, and derisive humor to
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