Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Fela Kuti’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below!

Born: October 15, 1938
Died: August 2, 1997
Biography | Discography:

Fela Fela Fela (1969)
Fela's London Scene (1971)
Why Black Man Dey Suffer (1971)
Live! (1971)
Open & Close (1971)
Shakara (1972)
Roforofo Fight (1972)
Afrodisiac (1973)
Gentleman (1973)
Confusion (1975)
Expensive Shit (1975)
He Miss Road (1975)
Zombie (1976)
Stalemate (1977)
No Agreement (1977)
Sorrow Tears and Blood (1977)
Shuffering and Shmiling (1978)
Black President (1981)
Original Sufferhead (1981)
Unknown Soldier (1981)
Army Arrangement (1985)
Beasts of No Nation (1989)
Confusion Break Bones (1990)
The Best Best of Fela Kuti (1999)
The '69 Los Angeles Sessions (1969/2010)

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