Title:
Fela : Kalakuta notes / John Collins ; foreword by Banning Eyre ; discography by Ronnie Graham.
Author:
Collins, John, 1944- author.
Publication Information:
Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
ML410.F2955 C67 2015
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780819575395
Series:
Music/Interview
Music:interview.
Physical Description:
xii, 326 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm.
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Contents:
Early days. The birth of Afrobeat ; Joe Mensah remembers ; Fela in Ghana ; Stan Flange remembers -- Confrontation. The Kalakuta is born ; "J. B." talks about Fela ; The Kalakuta republic ; The Black president ; Amsterdam and after -- Retrospect. Mac Tontoh on Fela ; Frank talk about Fela ; Obiba plays it again ; Smart Binete sorts it out ; Anku checks out the beat ; Nana Danso orchestrates ; Some early Afro-fusion pioneers ; Interview with Fela ; Afterthoughts and updates ; Felabrations at home and abroad -- Chronology -- Appendix A. "Shuffering and shmiling" score.
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