# Fela Kuti | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 20:20 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Fela Kuti
- Visible lyric pages: 27

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `fela-kuti`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 20:20 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-a52bf4cd96acae26
- Visible lyric pages: 27
- Pages with stored lyric text: 27
- Video-backed song pages: 27
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 76213
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 283
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 51
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: No Agreement, Fear Not for Man, Roforofo Fight, Colonial Mentality, Shuffering and Shmiling, Yellow Fever, Sorrow, Tears, and Blood, and Army Arrangement
- Current-month titles with activity: No Agreement, Fear Not for Man, Army Arrangement, Coffin for Head of State, Fefe Naa Efe, Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality, Lady, and O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake...
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Fela Kuti was born in 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria, into a family where politics and music were part of daily life. His father was an activist and his mother a singer. After studying music in London at Trinity College in the 1960s, he returned to Nigeria and formed the band Koola Lobitos, which later became Africa '70. His music blended jazz, funk, and African rhythms into what he called Afrobeat,...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. No Agreement — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/no-agreement
2. Fear Not for Man — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/fear-not-for-man
3. Roforofo Fight — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/roforofo-fight
4. Colonial Mentality — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/colonial-mentality
5. Shuffering and Shmiling — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/shuffering-and-shmiling
6. Yellow Fever — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/yellow-fever
7. Sorrow, Tears, and Blood — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/sorrow-tears-and-blood
8. Army Arrangement — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/army-arrangement
9. Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/ikoyi-mentality-versus-mushin-mentality
10. O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake... — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/odoo-overtake-don-overtake-overtake
11. Water No Get Enemy — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/water-no-get-enemy
12. Coffin for Head of State — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/coffin-for-head-of-state
13. Go Slow — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/go-slow
14. I.T.T. (International Thief Thief) — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/itt-international-thief-thief
15. V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power) — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/vip-vagabonds-in-power
16. Authority Stealing — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/authority-stealing
17. Gentleman — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/gentleman
18. Monkey Banana — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/monkey-banana
19. Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is the ... — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/mr-grammarticalogylisationalism-is-the-
20. Opposite People — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/opposite-people
21. Shakara (Oloje) — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/shakara-oloje
22. Fefe Naa Efe — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/fefe-naa-efe
23. Lady — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/lady
24. Unknown Soldier — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/unknown-soldier
25. Why Black Man Dey Suffer — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/why-black-man-dey-suffer
26. Expensive Shit — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/expensive-shit
27. Zombie — https://lyroverse.com/fela-kuti/zombie