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	== Music and style ==		== Music and style ==
	His music connects Afrobeat with [[Jazz\|jazz]], [[Funk\|funk]], [[Highlife\|highlife]] and Nigerian rhythmic resources. Political commentary remains prominent, but the later album's inward-looking themes demonstrate that the tradition can also carry private reflection. The relationship to Fela is an influence and a shared cultural setting, rather than an explanation that makes their entire catalogues interchangeable.<ref name="femi-ncc" /><ref name="femi-partisan" />		His music connects Afrobeat with [[Jazz\|jazz]], [[Funk\|funk]], [[Highlife\|highlife]] and Nigerian rhythmic resources. Political commentary remains prominent, but the later album's inward-looking themes demonstrate that the tradition can also carry private reflection. The relationship to [[Fela Kuti\|Fela]] is an influence and a shared cultural setting, rather than an explanation that makes their entire catalogues interchangeable.<ref name="femi-ncc" /><ref name="femi-partisan" />

	== Works and performances ==		== Works and performances ==

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	Femi Kuti is a Nigerian singer, saxophonist, composer and bandleader whose music develops the [[Afrobeat]] lineage of his father, [[Fela Kuti]]. His band, Positive Force, is a distinct performing institution within that continuing history.<ref name="femi-ncc">[https://copyright.gov.ng/femi-kuti/ Nigerian Copyright Commission: Femi Kuti]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>		Femi Kuti is a Nigerian singer, saxophonist, composer and bandleader whose music develops the [[Afrobeat]] lineage of his father, [[Fela Kuti]]. His band, Positive Force, is a distinct performing institution within that continuing history.<ref name="femi-ncc">[https://copyright.gov.ng/femi-kuti/ Nigerian Copyright Commission: Femi Kuti]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

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== Summary ==
Femi Kuti is a Nigerian singer, saxophonist, composer and bandleader whose music develops the [[Afrobeat]] lineage of his father, [[Fela Kuti]]. His band, Positive Force, is a distinct performing institution within that continuing history.<ref name="femi-ncc">[https://copyright.gov.ng/femi-kuti/ Nigerian Copyright Commission: Femi Kuti]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
''Journey Through Life'' (2025) places reflections on family and personal experience beside political criticism. Femi composed, arranged and produced the album, recording at the Kuti family's Legacy Plus studios in Nigeria.<ref name="femi-partisan">[https://www.partisanrecords.com/artists/femi-kuti Partisan Records: Femi Kuti and Journey Through Life]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Life and career ==
Born in London and raised in Lagos, he began his professional musical life in his father's ensemble before forming his own band. The inherited setting gave him practical experience of Afrobeat as a working music, while Positive Force provided space to develop his own repertoire and performance identity.<ref name="femi-ncc" />

== Music and style ==
His music connects Afrobeat with [[Jazz|jazz]], [[Funk|funk]], [[Highlife|highlife]] and Nigerian rhythmic resources. Political commentary remains prominent, but the later album's inward-looking themes demonstrate that the tradition can also carry private reflection. The relationship to Fela is an influence and a shared cultural setting, rather than an explanation that makes their entire catalogues interchangeable.<ref name="femi-ncc" /><ref name="femi-partisan" />

== Works and performances ==
'After 24 Years' introduces ''Journey Through Life'', while 'One People One World' and 'Politics Don Expose Them' provide other entry points into his recorded public address. Compare the horn writing, vocal phrasing and ensemble momentum across these works.<ref name="femi-partisan" />

Selected recordings in MuGlobe:
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKHeso2-9Gs Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life (Official Audio)] — [[Afrobeat]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQgzafovMFI Femi Kuti - Oga Doctor (Official Visualiser)] — [[Afrobeat]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elSES_Yn__U Femi Kuti - After 24 Years (Official Visualiser)] — [[Afrobeat]].

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