Partisan and Knitting Factory launch Fela Kuti website

Fela Kuti
To coincide with the launch, a reissue of Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Afrika 70’s Music Of Many Colours hits the stores on 29 November
Partisan and Knitting Factory have launched a new website: felakuti.com. Lauded as the first-ever official website and historical resource for the life and music of Fela, it was developed in partnership with the Kuti family, with much of its central text written by Afrobeat historian Chris May. The site includes rare photos, live footage and a detailed discography. It'll be updated with news about reissues, projects and events.
“Bringing together such a gifted team of creators to build this ultimate, all-singing, all-dancing tribute to my friend is a source of immense pride and satisfaction,” says Kuti's former manager Rikki Stein. “As is always the case with any enterprise involving Fela, it goes above and beyond people simply exercising their professions and becomes a labour of love for all involved. 22 years after his passing, this testament illustrates and illuminates the myriad reasons for which Fela Anikulapo Kuti and his works are, ever-increasingly, respected and admired throughout the world. Everybody say: yeah yeah!”
Also on the books is a reissue of Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Afrika 70's Music Of Many Colours. The album features Roy Ayers who toured Nigeria with the band as an opening act in the early 1980s.