{"id":6362,"date":"2016-11-14T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T10:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6362"},"modified":"2017-11-27T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:43:12","slug":"anikulapo-kuti-fela","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/anikulapo-kuti-fela\/","title":{"rendered":"ANIKULAPO-KUTI, Fela"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>musician, social critic and activist, born October 15 1938, Abeokuta, Ogun State; married Remi Taylor 1961 (London), and 27 wives (dancers and singers) in 1978, three sons, three daughters; Education: Abeokuta Grammar School, 1951, Trinity College of Music, Ox ford, England, 1959-62; formed his first musical group, Koola Lobitos with J.K. Braimoh, London, 1959; worked at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria) up to 1967; Founder &#8220;Africa 70&#8221; and the Creator of Afro-Beat music; clashed with the military authorities, culminating in the burning of his house &#8220;Kalakuta Republic,&#8221; 1977; arrested at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja (charged with currency trafficking) 1984; tried and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, November, 1984; released from jail by the Babangida Administration on April 23, 1986; Chief Priest and Proprietor, The Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos; musical recordings: over 40 albums: Political Party: formed an unregistered political party called &#8220;Movement of the Peo ple (MOP), 1978; Address: 7, Gbemisola Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6362","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6362"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}