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Various Artists
Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti
Released by Now-Again Records
To begin describing the epic importance of Fela Kuti is to write a doctoral thesis on the history of African music from before his birth to the present day. To understand the impact the music of a person such as Fela is to consider the history of struggle, prejudice, racism, and political disenfranchisement as an understandable whole. In the music of Fela Kuti, we see these positive undercurrents of political awakening, consciousness, activism, empowerment and liberation. These values are what make the messages embedded in the work of Fela ...
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Twelve South places a vintage spin on MacBook anti-theft protection with the BookBook case.
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America’s largest independent hip-hop gathering falls victim to economic and internal pressures. Will this king of Midwest festivals rise again?
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