Seun Kuti
Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti (born 1982), commonly known as Seun Kuti, is a Nigerian musician, and the youngest son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun leads his father's former band Egypt 80.
Seun and his brother Femi are the two successful musical offspring of the late Nigerian afrobeat innovator Fela Kuti. Seun was the youngest of Fela's children.He began playing with his father's "Egypt 80" band when he was just 9. Since then, Seun has hard-wired himself to the political and social ethos of his father. Songs like "Think Africa" on 's just released debut album show that far from trying to distance himself from his father's legacy, he tucks himself comfortably in it. Seun is so comfortable as the face of a new generation of Afrobeat that it's hard to believe that few took him seriously when he first proposed to his family that he take over the Egypt 80.
Discography
- Think Africa (12", 2007)
- Many Things (CD album, 2008, Tôt ou Tard)
- Many Things (LP album, 2008, Disorient Records)
See also
External links
- The Shrine – Unofficial website for Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti and Afrobeat Music
- Seun Kuti / Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 discographies at Discogs
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- Afropop Worldwide's Slideshow of Seun Kuti's Debut NYC Appearance, July 2007
- Biography at Planète Aurora
- June 2008 Interview with L.A. Record
- Audio interview with Kuti on The Sound of Young America
- Musical warrior. Interview in The Sydney Morning Herald, February 21, 2009.