ANIKULAPO-KUTI, FELA

ANIKULAPO-KUTI, FELA (née FELA RANSOME-KUTI). Afro-beat [jazz] bandleader (c1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria). He obtained his education in the schools of Abeokuta and at the Trinity College of Music in London, England (1958-63). He began piano study when he was fourteen years old and also studied saxophone. His early style development was influenced by the calypso-inflected high life he heard played by Nigerian musicians Victor Olaiya and Roy Chicago . In London he studied trumpet, piano,...