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Queens of Afrobeat

Queens of Afrobeat Women, Play, and Fela Kuti's Music Rebellion

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Publisher's Synopsis

In Queens of Afrobeat, the women of Afrobeat music-a unique blend of jazz, soul, highlife, and West African rhythms-are 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.
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 campaigns of social protest against the Nigerian government in the 1970s.
Drawing on previously untapped material, Queens of Afrobeat weaves together an intricate narrative of women's participation in popular music. The stories of these remarkable women transform and uniquely personalize our understanding of the politics and performance of one of the major modern musical traditions in Africa.

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Indiana University Press

Book information

ISBN: 9780253068637
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 781.63092
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20231114
Language: English
Number of pages: 388
Weight: 658g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm