The Broadway musical Fela! is the true story of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, who created a new type of music, Afrobeat, and mixed these pounding eclectic rhythms with incendiary lyrics that openly attacked oppressive military dictatorships that ruled Nigeria and much of Africa. His songs of rebellion were an inspiration to millions. Fela! has returned [...]
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM on April 29, 2013