Quote Originally Posted by Ganj
Whoa! Hold on a minute. He literally revolutionized a country with his music? Any credible resources you all can point me to?
Here's some fecal matter:

Fela and his band, renamed "Africa '70" returned to Nigeria. He then formed the Kalakuta Republic, a commune, a recording studio and a home for many connected to the band which he later declared independent from the Nigerian state.
In 1974 the police arrived with a search warrant and a cannabis joint, which they had intended to plant on Fela. He became wise to this and swallowed the joint. In response, the police took him into custody and waited to examine his feces. Fela enlisted the help of his prison mates and gave the police someone else's feces, and Fela was freed. He then recounted this tale in his release Expensive Shit.
In 1977 Fela and the Afrika 70 released the hit album Zombie, a scathing attack on Nigerian soldiers using the "zombie" metaphor to describe the methods of the Nigerian military. The album was a smash hit with the people and infuriated the government, setting off a vicious attack against the Kalakuta Republic, during which one thousand soldiers attacked the commune.
He formed his own political party, which he called "Movement of the People". In 1979 he put himself forward for President in Nigeria's first elections for more than a decade but his candidature was refused.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fela_Kuti

More websites:

http://www.ibiblio.org/felakuti/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/kutifela.shtml


He's an interesting guy...and his music is fucking f-u-n-k-y!


On Fela's release he divorced his twelve remaining wives.
BWAH!