Fela Kuti: Fast Facts Born: Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti Birth date and Place: October 15, 1938; Abeokuta, Western Region, British Nigeria (present-day Ogun State, Nigeria) Death date and Place: August...
Worldhistoryedu.com presents to you +15 things that you probably did not know about Fela Kuti, the legendary Nigerian musician, songwriter and political activist. Fela Kuti: Fast Facts Born: Olufela Olusegun...
In recent decades, very good playwrights have emerged from the African continent, but nowhere do they reach the excellence of Nigerian playwright and poet Wole Soyinka. Most known for winning...
The Yoruba ethnic groups [found primarily in the western bank of the Niger River, West Africa] are known for having a very rich and diverse array of deities (known as...
With self-given, sophisticated titles such as “Conqueror of the British Empire”, “CBE”, “VC”, and Alhaji, it is not surprising that Idi Amin – the “Butcher of Uganda” – often places...