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Author:   Dr. Adeshina Afolayan (Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Nigeria) ,  Dr. Toyin Falola (Professor; Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities; University Distinguished Teaching Prof., University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9781501374715

ISBN 10:   1501374710
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 February 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Preface Introduction 1. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Fela Studies 2. Fela in Historical Perspectives Part A History And Culture 3. Natal Tales: Fela and His Family 4. The Performative Rhythm: From Highlife to Afrobeat 5. The “Woman Question”: Fela and His Women Part B Fela, Art, and Politics 6. Fela and Postcolonial Political Economy of Nigeria 7. The Politics of Fela’s Music 8. Fela’s Use of Language 9. Postcoloniality and Art in Fela and His Afrobeat Part C Fela and Felasophy 10. Cultural Imperatives in Fela's Music 11. Fela's Thoughts on African Indigenous Knowledge Systems 12. Fela and Pan-Africanism 13. Blackism: Fela’s Political Philosophy 14. Freedom and Excesses: Fela and Social Eccentricities Part D Fela In The Future 15. Post-Fela: Afrobeat as Memorialization 16. Fela as a Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

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Fela will remain an enigma for generations to come. New and fresh studies about his strange-beingness , and his illustrious career, even with all the controversies, will also continue to emerge. Afolayan and Falola provide deep insight on our subject while also making the text accessible, even to popular readers - Fela's primary constituency, whose struggles and experiences provided the bases for his life choices and framed the revolutionary contemplations in his body of works. The authors propose a forward-looking approach to the study of Fela's life, music, activism, and philosophy. Clearly, this is a book that deserves attention for things yet unsaid and even unknowable about 'Abami Eda', Fela! -- Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo, journalist, executive program director, Culture Advocates Caucus, Lagos, Nigeria

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Adeshina Afolayan is a senior lecturer of philosophy at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His areas of specialization include African philosophy, political philosophy and cultural studies. He is the editor of Auteuring Nollywood (2014), author of Philosophy and National Development in Nigeria (2018), the coeditor of the Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy (2017), and the coeditor of Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa (2018). Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has several books to his credit, cutting across history, cultural studies, and African studies. Professor Falola holds 7 honorary doctorates, several prestigious lifetime career awards (including the Distinguished Africanist Award from the African Studies Association). A total of 9 Fetschriften have been written in his honour on the creation of the construction of the subaltern. He served as Vice President of UNESCO’s International Scientific Committee, Slave Route Project from 2011 – 2015 and currently on the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellows Programme and the International Committee of the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute at UNISA.

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