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Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
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In a world that’s on fire, what is the role of art? What can music actually…do?
Can a song save a life? Change a law? Topple a president? Get you killed?
In Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, Jad Abumrad—creator of Radiolab, More Perfect, and Dolly Parton's America—tells the story of one of the great political awakenings in music: how a classically trained 'colonial boy' traveled to America, in search of Africa, only to return to Nigeria and transform his sound into a battering ram against the state—creating a new musical language of resistance called Afrobeat.
For years, the world’s biggest stars made pilgrimages to Nigeria to experience Fela’s Shrine, the epicenter of his musical revolution. But when the mix of art and activism got too hot, the state pulled out its guns, and literally opened fire.
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is an uncategorizable mix of oral history, musicology, deep dive journalism, and cutting edge sound design that takes listeners deep inside Fela’s life, music, and legacy.
Drawing from over 200 interviews with Fela Kuti’s family, friends, as well as scholars, activists, and luminaries like Burna Boy, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Santigold, and former President Barack Obama (just to name a few), Fela Kuti: Fear No Man journeys deep into the soul of Afrobeat to explore the transformative power of art and the role artists can play in this current moment of global unrest.
An Audible Original presented by Audible and Higher Ground. Produced by Western Sound and Talkhouse.
©2025 Higher Ground, LLC (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC.
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Fela Anikulapo Abami Eda lives on
A brilliant coda to an incredibly well research and balanced series, thank you! I'm just wondering why, and based on Micheal Veale's biography of him I have a few ideas, but Tony Allen as far as I could say is mentioned here for the first time in passing... It's a shame since him and Fela have worked together on creating the afrobeat sound, both joining jazz, funk and highlife styles in a unique way. The only caveat to this series, just here to give the drummer some!
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti,Gods and Goddesses favourite son.
Nigeria has always been a huge crime scene for a long time and things aren't slowing down anytime soon.
“Fela Kuti: Fear No Man” is a gripping look at how music becomes a force of resistance, tracing Fela’s journey from a classically trained musician to a fearless creator of Afrobeat who challenged the state with every beat. The series shows how a song can spark movements, inspire people, and even put lives on the line. It’s a reminder—much like scanning the Wetherspoons drinks menu during a lively night out—that art, culture, and community are powerful tools in times of unrest. https://wetherspoonmenuprices.co.uk/drinks/