Fela: This B!tch of a Life

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; A Note from the Author; Introduction; Discography; 1 Abiku: The Twice-Born; 2 Three Thousand Strokes; 3 Funmilayo: "Give Me Happiness"; 4 Hello, Life! Goodbye, Daudu; 5 J.K. Braimah: My Man Fela; 6 A Long Way From Home; 7 Remi: The One with the Beautiful Face; 8 From Highlife Jazz to Afro-Beat: Getting My Shit Together; 9 Lost and Found in the Jungle of Skyscrapers; 10 Sandra: Woman, Lover, Friend; 11 The Birth of Kalakuta Republic; 12 J.K. Braimah: The Reunion; 13 Alagbon Close: "Expensive Shit", "Kalakuta Show", "Confusion"; 14 From Adewusi to Obasanjo.;Revealing the hidden facts of this African superstar's complex personality and the truth about his tumultuous existence, this unique biography is based on hours of conversation and close interaction with the legend himself. The full spectrum of Fela's experience is here: the spirits and trances, the paranoia and drugs, the queens (as he called his wives), and always the music. Interviews with 15 queens, providing their personal stories in their own words, contribute to this amazing story of Fela's life and music. As the creator of Afrobeat--the vibrant fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, and Yoruba.