Fela Kuti

Fela's life is full of contradictions, and that's a large part of what makes him so captivating. People who love him accept the flaws in him.

His songs often run for longer than 20 minutes and are sung in dense, almost unintelligible Pidgin English. His music is influenced by Christian hymns and classical music, jazz, Yoruba music, chant, and horn-and-guitar heavy