The Music and Message of Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti was the main figure in Nigerian populair music. He has been in prison and tortured several times because of his criticism of the Nigerian government and the sell-out of African wisdom and religion, due to Evangelical and Christian missionary activities. Africans got their own Religion which is not inferior to Christianity and Islam. In his songs he criticised corruption and the exploitation of Africa by Multinationals like ITT.