The night Fela Kuti turned music into a weapon
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October 15, 1938 – August 2, 1997
On an August night in 1969, a week before the Manson Family murders that will shake the city of Los Angeles, a highlife jazz act called Koola Lobitos takes the stage at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard. They have been touring America for months, but with a combination of visa issues, small audiences and limited finances, their leader Fela Kuti is struggling. Nevertheless, as he always does with an audience in front of him, he gives his all.
In the
On an August night in 1969, a week before the Manson Family murders that will shake the city of Los Angeles, a highlife jazz act called Koola Lobitos takes the stage at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard. They have been touring America for months, but with a combination of visa issues, small audiences and limited finances, their leader Fela Kuti is struggling. Nevertheless, as he always does with an audience in front of him, he gives his all.
In the
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