Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti was a visionary bandleader, the creator of the high-energy Afrobeat genre. Beyond music, he was a fearless political activist who used his platform to expose government corruption, military abuse, and post-colonial oppression in Nigeria. His is a name I am very familiar with, but I wanted to find out more about his life and work... Photo: Celluloid Records Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti was born into an upper middle class Niger