Appendices
p. 237-264
Texte intégral
1Discography;
Excerpts from the Constitution of the Movement of the People (MOP);
Fela’s Bio-data and Inventory of Sonic Censorship.
Discography
2Album tides and tracks are in bold/italics highlight. I wish to acknowledge the assistance of the following people for assisting in tracking some of these albums. Special thanks to Messrs Taiye Olagorusi, Jimi Agbebaku, Babatunde Jimoh and Adu James of Mr T’s All-Fela-Music-Centre, Ikeja, Lagos. Toshiya Endo’s compilation on the internet was a most useful reference and, by proxy, Yoshiki Fukazawa, Michael E. Veal and Ray Templeton—through whom a good chunk of the missing gaps was filled. While the current edition has benefited from earlier efforts, it is also an upgraded version —Author
1958-63
3Fela Ransome Kuti and The Highlife (Rakers) Band. (7” RK 1) Onifereb/wBonfo
4This was produced on Fela’s R-K label, during his student days at the Trinity College, London, between 1958 and 63.
1960
5Fela Ransome-Kuti and His Highlife Rakers
6Aigana b/w Fela’s Special (7” Melodise 1532)
7This recording was tracked down by Ray Templeton.
1966-67
8Fela Ransome Kuti and the Koola Lobitos
9(45 NPJ Perlophone Nig. 420)
10Yeshe Yeshe b/w?
1966-67
11Fela Ransome Kuti and the Koola Lobitos
12(7” HNS (1058) EMI Nig.)
13Mr. Who Are You b/w?
1969
14Fela Ransome Kuti and the Koola Lobitos
15(7” HNLX 5033 EMI Nig.)
16Keep Nigeria One b/w?
1969
17Fela Ransome-Kuti and Koola Lobitos
18Live recordings at Afro Spot
19[A] Everyday I Got My Blues / Moti Gborokan / Waka Waka
20[B] Ako / Oloruka / Lai Se / Se E Tun De
1969
21Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Koola Lobitos
22(PNL 1002 EMI Nig.)
23Great Kids / Lagos Baby / Lai Se / Wa Dele / Mi O Mo /
24Ajo/ Iya Mi Oshe O! /Araba’s Delight.
1969
25Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Nigeria 70
26The ’69 Los Angeles Sessions ( HNLX 5033 EMI (Nig.). Re-released in 1993 on CD Stern’s STCD 3005.)
27My Lady Frustration/ Viva Nigeria / Obe / Ako / Witchcraft/ Wayo / Lover / Funky Horn / Eko / This is Sad.
1970
28Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
29(7” HNEP 526 EMI Nig.)
30Blackman’s Cry. This same album was pressed by Polygram Records Ltd. (PH 2002 A & B) in another album collection containing Shakara, Chop and Quench; Let’s Start.
1970
31Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
32Fela’s London Scene (LP EMI HNLX 5200; re-released on Editions Makoossa M 2399)
33[A] J’ehin-J’ehin/ Egbe Mi O
34[B] Who’ve You / Buy Africa /Fight to Finish
1971
35Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
36(7” HNS1322 EMI Nig.)
37Ariya (Part 1) b/w Ariya (Part 2)
38Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Nigeria 70
39Monday Morning in Lagos (Part 1)
40Monday Morning in Lagos (Part 2)
1971
41Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
42Shenshema (7” HNS1299 EMI Nig.)
43Shenshema (Part 1) b/w Shenshema (Part 2)
1971
44Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
45Going In and Out (7” 062 EMI Nig.)
46Going In and Out (Part 1 b/w Going In and Out (Part 2)
1971
47Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
48Fogo-Fogo (7” HNS 1472 EMI Nig.)
49Fogo-Fogo (Part 1) b/w Fogo-Fogo (Part 2)
1971
50Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
51Beautiful Dancer; Jeun K’oku (Chop & Quench); Blackman’s Cry (HNLX 5043 A); Na Fight -o; Who’re You Jeun K’oku (B).
1971
52Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
53Why Black Man Dey Suffer (LP African Songs AS 0001)
54[A] Why Black Man Dey Suffer
55[B] Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality
56According to Toshiya Endo, this was “initially recorded for EMI, but EMI refused to release it.”)
1972
57Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
58Open and Close (LP EMI HNLX5090: re-released on Parthe Marconi 062-81957)
59[A] Open and Close / Suegbe and Pako
60[B] Gbagada Gbogodo
1971
61Fela Ransome-Kuti and The African 70 with Ginger Baker.
62Live!
63LP Regal Zonophone SLRZ 1023; re-released on Parthe Marconi 062-04933)
64[A] Let’s Start /Black Man’s Cry
65[B] Yeye De Smell / Egbe Mi O (Carry Me, I Want to Die)
1971
66Ginger Baker (with Fela Ransome-Kuti (vo, kbd) Stratavarious (LP Polydor 2383 133)
67[A] Ariwo / Tiwa
68[B] Something Nice /Juju / Blood Brothers 69 / Coda
1972
69Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
70Alu jon-jon-ki-jon (7” HMV HNS1119)
71Alu jon-jon-Ki-Jon (Part 1) b/w Alu jon-jon-ki-jon (Part 2). Re-released in 1973 on Zanophone (EMI)- SLR 7 1034 with Chop & Quench (Instrumental -A); Eko Ile; Je ’nwi Temi (Don’t Gag Me -B)
1972
72Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
73Egbe Mi O b/w Chop & Quench (7” Stateside GSS0029)
74... Also released in UK as a single “Egbe Mi O b/w Chop &
75Quench”
76(7” Regal Zonophone RZ 3052) in 1972
1972
77Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
78Shakara LP EMI 008N; re-released on Editions Makossa EM2305 and Pathe Marconi 062 82718)...An edited version of Shakara was later released in two parts as a single (7” Creole CR 105) in the United Kingdom in 1975.
79[A] Shakara Oloje
80[B] Lady
1972
81Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
82(Roforofi Fight LP Jofabro Nigeria JILP 1001; re-released on Editions Makossa EM2307 and EM2309)
83[A] Roforojb Fight
84[B] Trouble Sleep Janga Wike Am
85[C Question Jam Answer
86[D] Go Slow
1973
87Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
88The first Na Poi (LP EMI HNLX 5070 A&B)... In a plain white cover without any art work (according to M.E. Veal); re-released 1976 Afrodisia Decca (WA) AWAPS 152, DWAPS 2004. [A] Na Poi (part 1
89[B] Na Poi (part 2) / You No Go Die Unless You Wan Die
1973
90Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
91(LP Regal Zonophone EMI-SLRZ 1034; re-released on
92Pathe Marconi 062 81290)
93[A] Alu Jon-Jon-ki-Jon / Chop and Quench
94[B] Eko Ile /Je’n Wi Temi Afrodisiac
1973
95Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
96Gentleman (LP EMI NEMI 0009; re-released on Pathe
97Marconi 2C 062 81960 and Creole CRLP502)
98[A] Gentleman
99[B] Fefe Naa Efe /Igbe
1974
100Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
101Alagbon Close (LP Jofabro Nigeria JIL1002; re-released on Editions Makossa EM2313)
102[A] Alagbon Close
103[B] I No Get Eye for Back
1975
104Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
105It’s Not Possible (LP EMI 006N; re-released on Pathe Marconi 052 81958 and on Sterns 3008)...Prod, by Ginger Baker. The name of the track ‘He No Possible’ was changed
106to ‘It’s Not Possible’ in the Stern’s-version LP
107[A] It’s Not Possible
108[B] He Miss Road/Monday Morning in Lagos
1975
109Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
110[A] Monday Morning In Lagos / Shenshema / Don’t Gag Me
111[B] Beggar’s Song /Alu Jon-Jon-Ki-Jon / Chop & Quench
112(Instrumental) Fela’s Budget Special (LP EMI HNLX 5081)
113...Low-priced compilation album
1975
114Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
115Expensive, Shit (LP Soundwork Shop SWS1001; re-released on Editions EM2315)
116[A] Expensive Shit
117[B] Water No Get Enemy
1975
118Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
119[A] Noise for Vendor Mouth
120[B] Mattress (LP Afrobeat ABR O-11)
1975
121Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
122Everything Scatter (LP Coconut PMLP1000; re-released on Creole CRLP509)
123[A] Everything Scatter
124[B] Who No Know Go Know
1975
125Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70
126Confusion (LP EMI NEMI 0004). In Kalakuta parlance, upon the release of Confusion Break Bones (1990), this earlier recording was referred to as First Confusion.
127[A] Confusion (Instrumental)
128[B] Confusion (Vocal)
129Tony Allen and The Africa 70 (With Fela Ransome-Kuti)
130[A] Jealousy
131[B] Hustler (LP Sound Workshop 1004)
1976
132Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa ’70
133Kalakuta Show (Kalakuta Records (kk00l);
134Re-released on Editions Makossa M2320 and Creole
135CRLP507)
136[A] Kalakuta Show
137[B] Don’t Make Ganran Ganran
1976
138Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
139The Best of Ransome-Kuti (HNLX 5043)
140[A] Beautiful Dancer
141[B] Jeun Koku I & II
142[C] Black Man’s Cry
143[D] Who Are You
1976
144Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
145Ikoyi Blindness (LP Africa Music AMI 001)
146[A] Ikoyi Blindness
147[B] Gba Mi Leti Ki N’dolowo (Slap me Make I Get Money)
1976
148Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
149Yellow Fever (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2004)
150[A] Yellow Fever
151[B] Napoi
1976
152Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
153Upside Down (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2005)
154[A] Upside Down
155[B] Go Slow
1976
156Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
157No Bread (LP Soundwork Shop SWS1003; re-released on
158Editions Makossa EM2382 (Unnecessary Begging)
159[A] No Bread
160[B] Unnecessary Begging
1976
161Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
162Before I Jump Like Monkey Give Me Banana (LP Coconut PMLP1001)
163[A] Monkey Banana
164[B] Sense Wiseness
1976
165Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
166Zombie (LP Coconut PMLP1003; re-released on Creole CRLP511)
167[A] Zombie
168[B] Mr. Follow Follow
1977
169Fela Ransome-Kuti and Africa 70 Organisation
170Excuse—O (LP Coconut PMLP 1002)
171[A] Excuse-O
172[B] Mr. Grammarticologylisationalism
1977
173Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
174Jonny Just Drop (JJD) (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2023)
175[A] JJD (Instrumental)
176[B] JJD (Vocal)
1977
177Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
178Sorrow, Tears and Blood (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2025; recorded but unreleased)
179[A] Sorrow, Tears and Blood
180[B] Colonial Mentality
1977
181Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
182Opposite People (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2026)
183[A] Opposite People
184[B] Equalisation of Trouser and Pant
1977
185Tunde Williams and The Africa 70 (with Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (ts, p, prod)
186Mr Big Mouth (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2030)
187[A] Mr. Big Mouth
188[B] The Beginning
1977
189Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
190Stalemate (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2033)
191[A] Stalemate
192[B] African Massage (Don’t Worry About My Mouth-O)
1977
193Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
194Fear Not for Man (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2035)
195[A] Fear Not for Man
196[B] Palm-Wine Sound
1977
197Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
198Why Black Man Dey Suffer (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2036; recorded but unreleased. The track Why Black Man Dey Suffer was released in 1986 on Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2251)
199[A] Why Black Man Dey Suffer
200[B] Male
1977
201Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
202Observation No Crime (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2037; recorded but unreleased.
203[A] Observation No Crime
204[B] Lady
1977
205Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
206I Go Shout Plenty (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS20386; recorded but unreleased. The track I Go Shout Plenty was released in 1986 on Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2251, and Frustration of My Lady in 1993 on Lagos International LIR6)
207[A] I Go Shout Plenty
208[B] Frustration of My Lady
1977
209Tony Allen and The Africa 70 (with Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (Co-prod.)
210Progress (LP Coconut PMLP1004)
211[A] Progress
212[B] Afro Disco Beat
1977
213Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
214Sorrow, Tears and Blood (LP Kalakuta KK 001-A)
215[A] Sorrow, Tears and Blood
216[B] Colonial Mentality
1978
217Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
218Shuffering and Shmiling (LP Coconut PMLP1005)
219[A] Shuffering and Shmiling (instrumental)
220[B] Shuffering and Shmiling (vocal)
1978
221Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
222No Agreement (LP Decca Afrodisia DWAPS2039)
223[A] No Agreement
224[B] Dog Eat Dog
1979
225Tony Allen and The Africa 70 (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (co-prod)
226No Accommodation for Lagos (LP Phonogram POLP 035)
227[A] No Accommodation for Lagos
228[B] African Message
1979
229Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
230Unknown Soldier (LP Phonodisk Skylark SKLP003A)
231[A] Unknown Soldier (instrumental)
232[B] Unknown Soldier (vocal)
1979
233Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
234V.I.P. Vagabonds in Power (LP Kalakuta KTLP001)
235[A] V.I.P. (instrumental)
236[B] V.I.P. (vocal)
1979
237Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
238International Thief Thief (ITT) (LP Kalakuta no suffix)
239[A] I.T.T. (instrumental)
240[B] I.T.T (vocal)
1980
241Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
242Authority Stealing (LP Kalakuta no suffix; recorded at phonogram studio.)
243[A] Authority (instrumental)
244[B] Authority Stealing (vocal)
1980
245Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Roy Ayers
246Music of Many Colors (LP Phonodisk PHD003)
247[A] Africa—Center of the World (Fela)
248[B] Blacks Got To Be Free (Roy Ayers)
1981
249Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
250Coffin for Head of State (LP Kalakuta KALP 003)
251[A] Coffin for Head of State (instrumental)
252[B] Coffin far Head of State (vocal)
1981
253Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
254Original Suffarhead (LP International 2; Arista LIR 2)
255[A] Original Sufferhead
256[B] Power Show and Original Suffer Head Continuation
1981
257Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
258Sorrow, Tears and Blood b/w Colonial Mentality (7” Arista 408)—Edited versions of the original recordings
1983
259Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
260Perambulator (LP Lagos International LIR6)
261[A] Perambulator
262[B] Frustration
1984
263Fela Kuti
264Lady (part 1) b/w Lady (part 2) (7” EMI EMIDJ5441)—A shortened and edited version of the original recording, presumably for promotion.
1984
265Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
266Live in Amsterdam - Music Is the Weapon (LP EMI FELA 2401293; re-released in Nigeria on Polygram PH2000 and PH2002):
267[A] Movement of the People Political Statement Number I (Part 1)
268[B] Movement of the People Political Statement Number I (Part 2)
269[C] Give Me Shit I Give You Shit
270[D] Custom Check Point
1985
271Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Egypt 80
272Army Arrangement (LP Celluloid CEL6115)
273[A] Army Arrangement (instrumental)
274[B] Army Arrangement (vocal)
1985
275Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
276Army Arrangement (LP Yaba - Celluloid CEL6109)
277[A] Army Arrangement
278[B] Cross Examination / Government Chicken Boy
1985
279Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Egypt 80
280Army Arrangement (LP Kalakuta K007)
281[A] Army Arrangement (instrumental)
282[B] Army Arrangement (vocal) (but actually, Cross Examination)
1985
283Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
284Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense (LP Polygram PH2004)
285[A] Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense
286[B] Look And Laugh
1986
287Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 70
288I Go Shout Plenty (LP Decca-Afrodisia DWAPS2251)
289[A] I Go Shout Plenty
290[B] Why Black Man Dey Suffer
291These tracks were taken from 1977 recording, without Fela’s permission
1986
292Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Africa 80
293Fela in Concert (Video View Video NTSC1305)
294Movement of The People Political Statement Number 1 / Army Arrangement / Power Show (instrumental) Copyright: Captain Video / Lagoon Production, 1981
1988
295Oluko Imo with The Africa 70 (with Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (ts, prod)
296Oduduwa (LP Arigidi 01-7)
297[A] Oduduwa
298[B] Were Oju Le
299According to Michael E. Veal, Were Oju Le was sung over an unreleased Africa 70 instrumental track that seems to be unreleased Decca material from 1977
1988
300Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
301Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense
302(PH2004 Polygram Nig. (Video Hendering Video HEN2090)
1988
303Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
304Fela Live (Video Hendering Video HEN2091)
1989
305Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
306Beasts of No Nation (LP Kalakuta K008; re-released on Yaba JU-UDR360153)
307[A] Beasts of No Nation (Instrumental)
308[B] Beasts of No Nation (Vocal)
1989
309Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
310Overtake Don Overtake Overtake (LP Kalakuta K009)
311[A] Overtake Don Overtake Overtake (instrumental)
312[A] Overtake Overtake Don Overtake (vocal)
1990
313Fela Anikulapo and The Egypt 80
314Confusion Break Bone (LP Kalakuta K010)
315[A] Confusion Break Bone (instrumental)
316[B] Confusion Break Bone (vocal)
1990
317Fela Anikulapo and Egypt 80
318Just Like That (LP Kalakuta 011)
319[A] Just Like That
320[B] Movement of The People Political Statement Number 1
1990
321Fela Anikulapo and Egypt 80
322Confusion Break Bone
323[A] Confusion Break Bones ( Instrumental) KALP 010
324[B] Confusion Break Bones ( Vocal)
325Confusion Break Bones / Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense
326Recorded live at Glastonbury England. Copyright: Arts International Limited 1984
1992
327Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
328Underground System (LP Kalakuta KALP013; CD Sterns STCD1043)
329[A] Undergrand System
330[B] Pansa Pansa
331Yet to be released:
332Country of Pain
333Big Blind Country
334O. A. U.
335N. N. G. (Nigerian Natural Grass)
336Government of Crooks
337Clear Road for Jaga Jaga
338Music Against Second Slavery
339Football Government
340Bamaiyi
341Akunakuna, Senior Brother of Parambulator
342Condom Scallywag and Scatter
343Chop and Clean Mouth Like Nothing Happened
344Cock Dance
Excerpts from the Constitution of the Movement of the People (MOP)
(Aims and Objectives)
345Motto: Work, Truth, and Happiness
346Part One
347Name
348The name of the Party shall be the Movement of the People (MOP).
349Aims and Objectives
350National:
351(a) To fight relentlessly to achieve and maintain the second Independence of the People of Nigeria;
352(b) To serve as the positive political vanguard for removing all forms of oppression and for the establishment of a democratic government;
353(c) To secure and maintain the complete unity of all the 19 federal states as one people;
354(d) To work for the speedy reconstruction of a better Nigeria, in which the people shall have all the rights to live and govern themselves as free people without military interference;
355(e) To promote the political, social, and economic emancipation of the people, most especially to abide fully by recommendations of the Festac colloquium for the emancipation of black people as recommended to African governments;
356(f) To undertake and encourage cultural research into our traditional heritage, and build up in the people of Nigeria the pride of being African;
357(g) To propagate as much as possible in Nigeria the principles of Nkrumahism which are all necessary and relevant to speedy and pragmatic national development.
358International:
359(a) To work with other nationalist democratic and socialist movements in Africa and other continents, with a view to abolishing imperialism, colonialism, racialism, tribalism and all forms of national and racial oppression and economic inequality among nations, races and peoples and to support all action for world peace;
360(b) To support the demand for a West African Economic System and an African Central Monetary system and of pan Africanism by promoting unity of action among the peoples of Africa and of African descent;
361(c) To fight continuously to establish the pride of the African personality and the pride of all people of African descent.
Bio-data and Inventory of Sonic Censorship
October 15, 1938
362A year before the outbreak of World War II, another male child named Olufela is born into the Ransome-Kuti family at Abeokuta, western Nigeria. He is the third in the line of five children, with elder sister Dolu, elder brother Olikoye, the deceased Hildergath and Beko. Subsequently after his primary education, attends “secondary school under the tutelage of Reverend and Mrs Ransome-Kuti at Abeokuta Grammar School.”
1958-1962
363Music student at Trinity College, England; hanging out with friends such as J.K. Braimoh, Segun Bucknor and cousin Wole Soyinka; playing Highlife for fellow Nigerians in a combo called Koola Lobitos. Returns to Nigeria in 1963.
January 7, 1961
364Fela Ransome-Kuti marries Miss Remi Taylor in London.
May 4, 1961
365Yeni, Fela’s first child, is born.
1964
366Joins the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, in Lagos.
1969
367While on tour of the United States, meets Sandra Smith, an Africa-American woman who introduces him to Alex Haley’s Biography of Malcom X, the book that most influenced him along pan-Africanist line.
November 23, 1974
368His residence is invaded by the Nigerian police, and he is arrested and charged for abduction.
April 13, 1976
369Changes his name to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
February 18, 1977
370His residence, Kalakuta Republic at No 14A Agege Motor Road, Lagos is burnt down by soldiers after he refuses to hand over a member of the household who, apparently, had earlier had a scuffle with some military personnel. During the assault, the sound track of his film The Black President is burned, while many visiting friends and band members get generally brutalized; Fela’s aged mother is pushed off the story building and many young women are raped by the marauding soldiers.
February 21, 1977
371Forty three members of Fela’s African 70 Band are arraigned before the Igbosere magistrate court, Lagos, for willful damage to a Nigerian Army motorcycle.
February 24, 1977
372Lagos state government orders a public inquiry into the cause of the disturbance at Fela’s residence.
February 1978
373Marries 27 dancers and singers of his band under a traditional rite.
March 18, 1978
374Withdraws his son, Femi, from school in protest against the presence of soldiers in schools.
April 13, 1978
375Her health having progressively declined since military personnel attacked her on February 18 of the previous year, Fela’s activist mother dies at the age of 78 at the Lagos General Hospital.
July 13, 1978
376Fela and members of his organization occupy the premises of Decca, a music company for alleged breach of contract by the company
October 4, 1978
377Announces intention to become the country’s president and thus launches his party Movement of the People (MOP).
October 27, 1978
378Goes to Berlin for the international jazz festival.
October 30, 1978
379Ruins of the burnt Kalakuta Republic are leveled.
December 1978
380Announces that the Movement of the People (MOP) is refused registration.
December 17, 1978
381Announces opting out of the 1979 presidential race.
February 22, 1979
382At a news conference, announces that five of his 27 wives have deserted him.
October 2, 1979
383Arrested along with son, Femi, and fifty nine others; appears before a Lagos magistrate court charged with attempting to breach the peace.
October 30, 1979
384Deposits a replica of his mother’s coffin at the front of Dodan Barracks, then seat of the Nigerian military government.
April 1, 1980
385Acquitted along with other accused persons on the charge of depositing the coffin at Dodan Barracks.
March 1980
386Accepts police invitation to serve as member of the police Public Relations Committee.
September 5, 1980
387Sixty members of his band are arrested in Milan, northern Italy over 34kg of hemp found on an American woman traveling with the group.
September 5, 1980
388Released from detention in Milan after the American woman admits to drug offense for which Fela had been held.
September 7, 1981
389First wife, Remi, separates from him.
March 13, 1981
390Leaves for Europe with a 70-member band with the aim of spreading the message of his movement, MOP
December 2, 1983
391Arrested by the police for allegedly masterminding a robbery
December 4, 1983
392Sues at a Lagos High Court in a bid to prevent his landlord from ejecting him from his house.
February 29, 1984
393Eldest daughter, Yeni, quizzed for alleged armed robbery
June 1984
394A documentary film entitled TeacherDon’t Teach Me Nonsense on Fela’s political life is broadcast to a British audience by the BBC.
September 4, 1984
395Arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on his way to the United State for a musical tour for allegedly failing to declare 1,600 Pound Stirling found on him.
September 7, 1984
396Appears before a federal High Court charged with illegal possession of foreign currency
September 8, 1984
397Arrested in the middle of a press conference at his Ikeja residence by six armed plainclothes detectives.
September 13, 1984
398Appears before the Port Harcourt zone of the Exchange Control (Anti-Sabotage) Tribunal on a two-count charge of exporting 1,600 Pound Sterling and ostensibly failing to declare same to customs on September 4, 1984.
November 4, 1984
399Sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Exchange Control (Anti Sabotage) Tribunal, having been found guilty of charges preferred against him.
November 15, 1984
400Moved from Ikoyi prison to the Maximum Security Prison, Kirikiri, Lagos.
December 24, 1984
401The Supreme Military Council confirms his jail sentence.
January 3, 1985
402While still in detention, mobile policemen raid his house.
January 24, 1985
403Admitted into the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) from Kirikiri prison.
April 15, 1985
404Fela’s family and other residents of his household are ejected from No 1 Atinuke Olabanji street, Ikeja ostensibly for owing the landlady the sum of 80, 000 Naira.
April 25, 1985
405Moved from Kirikiri prison to a prison in Borno state.
May 20, 1985
406Ejected members of Fela’s household move to his new three-story building at No. 7 Gbemisola street, in the Ikeja suburb of Lagos.
April 23, 1986
407Released from prison after spending 532 days in connection with non-declaration of foreign currency
June 23, 1986
408Reacts to the bomb blast that killed Newswatch chief executive, Dele Giwa, and holds the military responsible for it.
September 3, 1986
409Criticizes the federal government order curtailing movement of citizens after midnight in Lagos and parts of the defunct Bendel state.
November 5, 1986
410Goes on a tour of ten states in the United States, including: New York, Houston, Chicago, and San Francisco.
July 14,1987
411Fela is rumored dead arising from an AIDS—related illness.
May 11, 1988
412Fela congratulates French President Francois Mitterand on his reelection and calls on him to persuade western governments to sever relations with the then apartheid government of South Africa.
February 15, 1989
413Calls on President Ibrahim Babangida to ensure that he, Fela, is fully compensated for the burning down of his Kalakuta Republic residence.
July 10, 1990
414Fela is rumored dead again.
March 30, 1992
415Summoned over a N.04 million tenancy suit against him by Mrs. Nene Benite on the property on Pepple street, where Fela’s Afrika Shrine was located.
June 25, 1992
416Urges elder brother, Prof. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, then Minister of Health, to quit Ibrahim Babangida’s government over the detention of his junior brother, Beko Ransome-Kuti.
January 25, 1993
417Fela arraigned along with four of his fans before a Yaba Magistrate court on a two-count charge of murder and conspiracy in connection with the death of one Mr Adesanwo Shokoyo, who was an electrician at the Afrika Shrine.
April 6, 1993
418Freed after spending 76 days in Ikoyi prison.
February 2, 1996
419Fela and 30 members of his band are arrested by armed plainclothes men from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at his Gbemisola residence, allegedly for possession of Indian hemp.
February 13, 1996
420Regains freedom after being detained by the NDLEA.
July 8, 1996
421Police seal off Fela’s Afrika Shrine on Pepple Street, Ikeja, Lagos following the arrest of four men at the Shrine allegedly for armed robbery
April 9, 1997
422Arrested for possession of Indian hemp by agents of the NDLEA, headed by General Musa Bamaiyi.
April 12, 1996
423Fela’s lawyer, Barrister Femi Falana, files a N100m suit against the NDLEA, asking the court to declare that the invasion of Fela’s house on Gbemisola street by a team of security operatives is illegal.
April 16, 1997
424Fela ordered to be remanded at Kirikiri by the Miscellaneous Offences Tribunal pending his arraignment for alleged possession of Indian hemp.
July 20-31, 1997
425Renewed rumors of Fela’s death.
August 2, 1997
426Fela is confirmed dead by elder brother, Olikoye, a professor of medicine who noted that Fela had died due to heart failure and complications arising from AIDS.
August 11, 1997
427Fela lying-in-state at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.
August 12, 1997
428Fela is interred at his No. 7 Gbemisola residence in the Ikeja suburb of Lagos.
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