tema ema Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti oli Nigeeria juhtiv naisõiguslane, kes osales kolonialismivastases võitluses. Ka Feli vennad drBeko Ransome-Kuti ja Olikoye Ransome- Kuti on Nigeerias tuntud. Aastal 1958 läks Fela Londonisse, kus ta kavatses õppida arstiteadust, kuid hakkas selle asemel õppeasutuses Trinity College of Music muusikat õppima. Seal asutas ta 1961 oma esimese bändi Koola Lobitos, milega ta kujundas välja hübriidse muusikastiili highlife-jazz, mis oli dzässi ja Lääne-Aafrika highlife'i segu (hiljem kujunes sellest afrobeat). Aastal 1963 kolis Fela Nigeeriasse tagasi, formeeris ansambli Koola Lobitos ümber ning õppis kompanii Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation raadioprodutsendiks. Aastal 1969 viibis Fela koos bändiga pikemat aega USA-s. Siis sündiski afrobeat. Seal õppis Fela Kuti Mustade Pantrite pooldaja Sandra Smithi (praegu Isidore) vahendusel tundma
remorseful. Yes, they offer apologies, but behind closed doors, they congratulate themselves – and after the initial uproar they sit back and laugh. “You see how those idiots have not leant a thing or two about us. Dumb asses,” that is the only way they can describe us. One thing is certain. Africans like to dance. They like to party. They like to sing. They have enriched the world with all kinds of music, all kinds of dance steps. Highlife, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Soul and now Hip- Hop. You name it in the music world, they invented it. We made the Walkman one of the most successful products ever launched. So far as it concerns music, we are there. Numero uno. You would believe that a people who are so much into music and singing, would have factories producing guitars or any of the other musical equipments. You would think that they would own companies that produce the albums
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