Fela Kuti

The life of Fela is full of contradictions, and that's part of what makes him so captivating. People who love him can overlook his shortcomings.

His songs often run for longer than 20 minutes and are sung in a thick, almost incomprehensible Pidgin English. His music is heavily influenced by Christian hymns classical music, jazz, Yoruba chant, and horn-and-guitar h