Fela Kuti: Enter the Shrine

<p>Our original host Jad Abumrad returns to share a new podcast series he’s just released. It’s all about Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician who created a genre, then a movement, then tried to use his hypnotic beats to topple a military dictatorship. Jad tells us about the series and why he made it, and we play the episode that, for us at least, gets to the heart of the matter: How exactly does his music work? What actually happens to the people who hear it and how does it move them to action?<br /><br />You can find Jad’s entire nine-part series, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, on Apple or Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.<br /><br /><strong>EPISODE CREDITS: </strong><br />Reported by - Jad Abumrad<br />Radiolab portions produced by - Sindhu Gnanasambandan</p><p><i>Sign up for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. </i><a href="https://radiolab.org/newsletter"><i>Signup</i></a><i> (https://radiolab.org/newslett...