TALK: Arrest the Music!
Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics
Tejumola Olaniyan (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Tuesday, January 18 / 6:30 PM / Free
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB, 6th Floor

Tejumola Olaniyan will be presenting from his recent book Arrest the Music! (Indiana 2004), a study of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti who was one of Africa’s most popular and controversial musicians. The flamboyant originator of the “Afrobeat” sound and self-proclaimed voice of the voiceless, Fela used music, sharp-tongued lyrics, and derisive humor to challenge the shortcomings of the Nigerian and postcolonial African states. Olaniyan is Professor of English and African Languages and Literatures at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Presented by the IHC African Studies and Performance Studies Research Focus Groups.
For more information, see www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research.

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