Fela Kuti - 50 Greatest Nigerians of All Time?

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==================================== This video features: FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI ====================================

Fela was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria into a middle-class family. His mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a feminist activist in the anti-colonial movement and his father, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, a Protestant minister and school principal, was the first president of the Nigerian Union of Teachers.

Fela's brothers, Beko Ransome-Kuti and Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, both medical doctors, are well known in Nigeria.

Fela was a first cousin to the African writer and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, the first African to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.

Fela's music became very popular among the Nigerian public and Africans in general. In fact, he made the decision to sing in Pidgin English so that his music could be enjoyed by individuals all over Africa.

In 1977 Fela and the Afrika '70 released the hit album Zombie, a scathing attack on Nigerian soldiers using the zombie metaphor to describe the methods of the Nigerian military.

The album was a smash hit with the people and infuriated the government, setting off a vicious attack against the Kalakuta Republic, during which one thousand soldiers attacked the commune.

Fela was severely beaten, and his elderly mother was thrown from a window, causing fatal injuries. The Kalakuta Republic was burned, and Fela's studio, instruments, and master tapes were destroyed.

=========================================================== This video series highlights the 50 GREATEST NIGERIANS OF ALL TIME. ===========================================================

Our list of 50 Greatest Nigerians in History includes (but is not limited to:) Abike Dabiri Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Agbani Darego Ahmadu Bello Bishop Ajayi Crowther Alex Ekwueme Aliko Dangote Babatunde Olatunji Bamanga Tukur Ben Murray Ben Okri Bimbo Odukoya Biship Francis Arinze Bola Ige Buchi Emecheta Charles Soludo Chief Osita Osadebe

Chinua Achebe http://www.naijasmostincredible.com/50/chinua-achebe-38914211.html

Chioma Ajunwa Chris Abani Chris Anyawu Dele Momodu Dick Tiger Dr Alban Dora Akunyili Ebenezer Obey

Fela Anikulapo Kuti http://naijasmostincredible.com/50/fela-anikulapo-kuti-65121.html

Gani Fawehinmi http://www.naijasmostincredible.com/50/gani-fawehinmi-81149.html

Grace Williams Hakeem Olajuwon Ibrahim Gambari Ifueko Omoigui Jimi Agbaje JJ Okocha King Sunny Ade (Sunday Adeniyi) Michael Adenuga Moshood Kashimawo (MKO) Abiola Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Nnamdi Azikiwe Nuhu Ribadu Nwankwo Kanu Obafemi Awolowo (Awo!) Obiageli Ezekwesili Odemegwu Ojukwu Okey Ndibe Olusegun Obasanjo Patrick Utomi Philip Emeagwali Sade Adu Samuel Peter Seal Tunde Baiyewu Wole Soyinka Yakubu Gowon

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incredible things. For too long, Nigeria has been seen in the world's

eyes, and in our own, through the actions of the corrupt few, the

undisciplined few, the worst of us.

As Nigerians, we are better than that. NaijasMostIncredible.com finds

and tells stories of young Nigerians doing incredible things. We're

inspiring a new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs.

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