Queens of Afrobeat
Ayobade, Dotun
In Queens of Afrobeat, the women of Afrobeat music¿a unique blend of jazz, soul, highlife, and West African rhythms¿are finally given the recognition they deserve. This extensive study takes a multifaceted view of the storied lives of the women behind Fela Kuti's activist music.
Dotun Ayobade's wide-ranging research pulls from interviews with surviving queens, ethnographic narratives, the exploration of newspaper archives, and close readings o...
