Lagos, Nigeria – Mu mateka y’umuziki wa Afurika, izina Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti rirazwi nk’intwari n’umuhanga wahanze injyana ya Afrobeat, ikaba yarahinduye uburyo Afurika yumva umuziki ndetse n’ubutumwa bukinyurwamo.
Fela Kuti yavukiye i Abeokuta muri Nigeria ku wa 15 Ukwakira 1938. Yari umuhanga mu gukina piano, saxophone, ndetse no kuririmba. Mu myaka ya 1960, ubwo yari mu Bwongereza kwiga umuziki, nibwo yatangiye guhuza injyana ya Jazz, Highlife n’imiziki ya Afurika gakondo, maze avumbura umwihariko witwa Afrobeat.
Afrobeat ya Fela Kuti yari irimo ibicurangisho bya gakondo bya Afurika, impanda, ingoma, n’umurishyo, byose bikajyana n’amajwi y’ubutumwa bukomeye ku buzima bwa politiki, uburenganzira bwa muntu, n’ubwisanzure.
“Umuziki wanjye si uwo gushimisha gusa, ahubwo ni intwaro yo guhindura isi.” — Fela Kuti
Mu buzima bwe, Fela yakoresheje umuziki we nk’urubuga rwo kunenga ubutegetsi bwa gisirikare muri Nigeria no guharanira impinduka. Ibi byatumye akunwa cyane n’urubyiruko, ariko anahura n’ihangana rikomeye n’abayobozi b’igihugu.
Yashinze Kalakuta Republic, ahantu hahuriraga abahanzi, abanyapolitiki n’abaharanira impinduka, akaba yarahabereye nk’umuyobozi w’umuco n’ubuhanzi.
Fela Kuti yitabye Imana ku wa 2 Kanama 1997, ariko umurage we ukomeza kubaho binyuze mu ndirimbo nka “Water No Get Enemy”, “Zombie”, na “Shakara”. Uyu munsi, Afrobeat yakomereje gukura, ikitabirwa n’abahanzi nka Burna Boy, Wizkid, na Seun Kuti (umuhungu we).
