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Presents a close-up on one of Africa's most popular and controversial stars.

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"A true African genius whose influence had an indelible influence on thousands of musicians, especially me personally. I miss his raucous laughter, irreverent courage, robust comedy, and love for humanity.... Fela's legacy will live forever."

-- Hugh Masekela

"[Arrest the Music!] is written with both thoroughness and a very readable prose..."

* Mmegi Online *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: "Living in the Interregnum": Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Postcolonial Incredible
2. The "Apolitical" Avant-Pop Hustler
3. The Afrobeat Moralist
4. Dissident Tunes: The Political Afrobeat
5. Fela, Lagos, and the Postcolonial State
6. On the Shop Floor: The Social Production of Afrobeat
7. Pedagogue, Pedagogy, and the Pedagogic Form
8. The Cosmopolitan Nativist: Fela and the Antinomies of Postcolonial Modernity
9. The Political, The Libidinal
10. Conclusion: Afrobeat After Fela
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/10/2004
      ISBN13: 9780253217189, 978-0253217189
      ISBN10: 0253217180
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a close-up on one of Africa's most popular and controversial stars.

      Trade Review

      "A true African genius whose influence had an indelible influence on thousands of musicians, especially me personally. I miss his raucous laughter, irreverent courage, robust comedy, and love for humanity.... Fela's legacy will live forever."

      -- Hugh Masekela

      "[Arrest the Music!] is written with both thoroughness and a very readable prose..."

      * Mmegi Online *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      1. Introduction: "Living in the Interregnum": Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Postcolonial Incredible
      2. The "Apolitical" Avant-Pop Hustler
      3. The Afrobeat Moralist
      4. Dissident Tunes: The Political Afrobeat
      5. Fela, Lagos, and the Postcolonial State
      6. On the Shop Floor: The Social Production of Afrobeat
      7. Pedagogue, Pedagogy, and the Pedagogic Form
      8. The Cosmopolitan Nativist: Fela and the Antinomies of Postcolonial Modernity
      9. The Political, The Libidinal
      10. Conclusion: Afrobeat After Fela
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Discography
      Index

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