Queens of Afrobeat - 9780253068637

Queens of AfrobeatWomen, Play, and Fela Kuti's Music Rebellion\nAuthor(s): Dotun Ayobade\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253068637, 978-0253068637\nSynopsis\nIn Queens of Afrobeat, the women of Afrobeat musica unique blend of jazz, soul, highlife, and West African rhythmsare finally given the recognition they deserve. This extensive study takes a multifaceted view of the storied lives of the women behind Fela Kuti's activist music.\n Dotun Ayobade's wide-ranging research pulls from interviews with surviving queens, ethnographic narratives, the exploration of newspaper archives, and close readings of album covers, photographs, and promotional materials to help us see and understand the women who surrounded Fela Kuti on stage and in everyday life. Not only were these artists crucial performers and backup singers for Kuti's most important compositions, they also played key roles in his activism and ca.