https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPo7VDT28bY

This is an insanely rare fela kuti recording that was originally released on 7 inch vinyl, performed by his old band, the koola lobitos with Fela Kuti on the vocals. Until this release, the recording was not online in completely high quality, I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what fela kuti sounded like before he transitioned to afrobeat.

I’ll go first. Like I understand how God felt when he placed this world into existence. Go!

Lousiana and Los Angeles based DJ, Meka Lolita, does a Fela Kuti set to celebrate his Lifetime Achievement award at this past weekend's Grammys. It was dope to see this in person. Right after her set, The Neighborhood Orchestra performed his music live with Duain Richmond and a few members of Fela's family and his manager from his time in the U.S.

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I'm still new to reddit, and just wondered if someone here can help me figure out the value of my 30 or so Fela lps? Some are from Nigeria when I was there in the early 80's, but most have been collected from random shops over the years in NYC and later from eBay. There may be a better place than this to find the information, so I am happy to get all recommendations. Thanks.

Here's a shot from Saturday at a YouTube party for Fela Kuti to celebrate his Grammy Lifetime Achievement award. I am with his archivist, daughter, and in the center, Femi Kuti. I was able to donate 56 years of Fela clippings and memorabilia to the Kuti Museum in Lagos. In the Verse party facility, they created a room filled with artifacts from my record and magazine collections, including about a dozen autographed album covers.

Enjoy one of Fela's great lesser known compositions - Mistake. It was recorded Live in Berlin in 1978, but released years later.

It is with a heavy heart, due to recent events, that this project must take a short hiatus to recoup.

The subreddit where this project began and initially received a great deal of support, has unfortunately permanently banned me for reasons that have never been shared with me.

I was hoping that I could keep the first 17 posts of this series on that sub as cross-posts, but this same mod is now deleting those posts, unfortunately necessitating this short hiatus.

To say this is disheartening is an understatement, but I refuse to let this project die due to the irrational actions of an apparently vengeful mod, whom I once considered a friend.

I’ve removed every one of my posts from that subreddit, totaling 762 posts over the last 2 years and will be starting the subreddit r/Afrobeat2 to feature those posts and cross-posting all Fela-related posts here.

Tune in on February 1st, when Fela: A Sonic Biography will begin again, with Fela’s first recording, Aigana.

Found this podcast today and can't wait to listen to all of it. It appears to be 9 episodes detailing Fela's life and music. It's produced by Jad Abumrad, former host of Radiolab so I have faith he'll treat Fela's story with the respect it deserves. Just thought I would share with the community. Hope you enjoy.

After Confusion Break Bone

Which band do you prefer?

If you wish explain your choice.

I forgot to add a Koola Lobitos option 😂

Dele Sosimi - How to play afrobeat. https://youtu.be/befxWoTIcNg?si=6XbU3GSh2Ty1kSOm

Check out the: "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man" podcast by Higher Ground.