Fela Kuti
1938–1997
Nigerian pioneer of Afrobeat and political activist.
Fela Kuti (1938–1997) was a musician, born in Abeokuta, Nigeria and died in Lagos, Nigeria.
- Known as
- Musician
- Category
- Entertainers
- Born
- 1938, Abeokuta, Nigeria
- Died
- 1997, Lagos, Nigeria
Alive at the same time as Fela Kuti
- Akira Kurosawa 1910–1998, director
- Frank Sinatra 1915–1998, singer
- Ingmar Bergman 1918–2007, director
- Akio Morita 1921–1999, electronics entrepreneur
- Chuck Berry 1926–2017, musician
- Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014, footballer
- Arnold Palmer 1929–2016, golfer
- Ali al-Sistani 1930–, ayatollah
- Elizabeth Taylor 1932–2011, actress
- Amartya Sen 1933–, economist
- 14th Dalai Lama 1935–, Buddhist leader
- George Carlin 1937–2008, comedian
Portrait: His master’s voice record company., CC BY-SA 4.0.
