Back in 1986, the firebrand musicologist and pan-Africanist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (1938-1997), composed and performed the classic Afrobeat and Jazz infused hit: Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense. The polemicist, Fela, in the vocals, sung in pidgin English, bitterly railed against imperialism and rank hypocrisy by Western powers in African affairs with a particularly fiery line: “if […]
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