Seun Kuti

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Seun Kuti, Rudolstadt Festival 2019

Seun Kuti (born January 11, 1983 in Lagos ; full name Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti ) is a Nigerian musician ( saxophone , vocals, composition) and band leader . His father Fela Kuti , whose former band Egypt 80 he leads, is considered the founder of Afrobeat ; Seun Kuti continues this tradition. He usually appears with a band as Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 .

Life

Seun Kuti (2008)

At the age of nine, Seun Kuti expressed the desire to sing in his father's band, which to this day consists of around 15 musicians. Shortly afterwards he worked as a background singer, at the age of twelve he opened concerts as a singer before his father took the stage. After his father's death in 1997, Seun Kuti became the lead singer in place of his father. In 2008 his first album was released with Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 (also released as Many Things in the same year ), in 2011 his second with From Africa with Fury: Rise . Black Times was published in 2018, with Carlos Santana among others .

Like his father, Seun Kuti is politically active. In 2012, for example, he took part in the Occupy Nigeria protests, which opposed the elimination of subsidies on fuels by then President Goodluck Jonathan . In his texts he speaks out against grievances, especially in his home country, and praises pan-African charismatic politicians. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 tour frequently in Europe, North America and Nigeria.

Kuti describes himself as an atheist . He has had a daughter with his long-term partner since 2013.

Others

Seun Kuti's brother Femi Kuti (* 1962) is also known as an Afrobeat musician. In a review from 2011, both musicians were compared: “Femi's performance is more physical, more aggressive, more direct and more athletic. Seun's style, on the other hand, is more playful, jazzy and filigree. "

Discography

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (2012)
year title Label
2007 Think Africa (EP) Still music
2008 Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 WM Recordings
2011 From Africa with Fury: Rise Knitting Factory Records
2014 A Long Way at the Beginning Because Music
2014 Higher Consciousness: Remixes (EP) Because Music
2016 Struggle Sounds (EP) Strut
2016 Black Woman: Remixes (EP) Knitting Factory Records
2018 Black Times Strut

See also

Web links

Commons : Seun Kuti  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Biography at allmusic.com (English), accessed on August 1, 2018
  2. Portrait at pulse.ng (English), accessed on July 31, 2018
  3. Monika Mark: Nigeria faces mass strike and protests over discontinued state fuel subsidy. The Guardian, January 8, 2012, accessed July 31, 2018
  4. I am happy I'm an atheist, says Seun Kuti - Vanguard News . vanguardngr.com. July 29, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  5. Osarehem Ehi James: Seun Kuti gets baby girl from girlfriend. modernghana.com from December 15, 2013 (English), accessed on July 31, 2018
  6. Daniel Bax: Summoned the spirit of the father. The daily newspaper of July 1, 2011, accessed on August 1, 2018