Fela Kuti - Cross Examination

Live in Berlin - 1978

[@truebornafrican9213]

I put him up there with the Bob Marley’s of the world . He superseded others with is multi talented musical knowledge. Greatest

[@MrRoyck10]

OMG Fela is killing me musically with his rythem, look at his garment, loving this dude. I pray that shango and Orisha will bless his soul, he was turely the Black President..RIP

[@prestoncole8614]

Fele Kuti may have not lived long but he made the best of a short time upon earth. He understood his purpose and gave more than most people who live a long life would dare to challenge opposition through his individual voice and character of how he saw the court section by his people.

[@prestoncole8614]

Every time I hear this recording the heart beat described in rhythm, energy, precision, and music reminds me of the Black hole that intimidates anything that passes by it. You think the beautiful females were awesome, you got to see the male version from the Boogie Down Bronx.

[@louisotieno4712]

He lived more in his 58 years than a man eho had lived for 116 years. Period

[@ambassadorayoolukanni8741]

On the 8th day after resting God Created Fela. There are no words to capture this performance at Berlin. Cross examination is one of my favorite numbers.Sewa the pretty Shapely Ghanaian girl with an alluring backside is one of the best dancers among the girls. Of course each of them put up a brilliant performance. And we must thank Bolanle Austen Peters for honoring them through her Kalakuta Queens Musical! 🎉🎉❤

[@flo43223]

I was there!!!!! Saw this live!!! OMG!!! Africa is the center of music. Fela is Father Africa. His main wife, 1st. wife was the last dancer. Met them both a few times they were my friends.

[@samakin6800]

That was not his first wife my dear. Thatis not Femi Mum's. She never danced

[@CarlosSilva-nr4nb]

Great! One of the most beautiful performances I ever seen.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Carlos Silva agree

[@Mofolusobello]

Fela to me was the greatest thing that ever happened to Africa. Like all great men he was not fully appreciated while alive. All the ills of society he sang about are still with us till date. Fela was a prophet sent to this world to warn & enlighting his people (Aficans). He succeeded in his mission (his human faults & all the brutality metted out on him not withstanding). I know Baba 70 will continue from where he stoped in the beyond. Ride on Baba MOB (13/3/2012)

[@nielblackwood5480]

Indeed, well said ... Long live Baba 70

[@DerekSoyemi]

Fela at Berlin Jazz Festival in 1978. This live set is still fresh! This was a full comprehensive show that was enjoyed at Afrika Shrine back in the day. Great drumming from the young Tony Allen. RIP to Fela and my good friend Kwesi Yope who MC'd this show!

[@prestoncole8614]

This is the first one I loved and became familiar with fela kuti. He played this court and I must say, took me beyond anything I have ever seen during the epoch.

[@shawtfinga1078]

Men.this band loaded super talented musicians and beautiful women

[@JourneyingwithSanj]

'In this court we shall speak English for the benefit of foreigners' lmao fela is too much!

[@steampump]

Great mix of cool funky licks and hot tribal groove.Pure magic from the Master.

[@johnnytherestorer4832]

Such great music that i could listen to it for the rest of my life... just amazing!! Great band.

[@curtiscj3087]

I feel the same way brotherly

[@Methadone4Life]

One of the all-time greats...of any genre, he is a legend!

[@jongarrison8826]

Thank you for speaking English for my benefit

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

There is just one word for this show: spectacular. Brilliant camera work - none of the constant quick cuts that ruin most concert vids. Oh, how I wish I could’ve been there!

[@i.165]

This real fela music mehnnn. Femi and Seun must learn this cool, smooth and sensible talk from baba himself. May His Soul Rest In Peace.

[@leehossain8339]

Raw, organic and seriously funky. Blows my mind.

[@blessedbae1574]

Beautiful women. Vgud well choreographed beautiful dancers, good jobs. so rich in culture no weave no bleaching just pure n natural Ladies. Lov dem all. Baba Fela himself sabi dance well Traditional African dance n moves. Well done Baba Anikulapo Kuti Rip..... We Thank God 4 giving u lots of courage n spirits to fight 4 d emancipations of humans everywhere despite d prosecutions unlawfully jailed, abused n wrong accusations u never succumb to temptations n d status quo. Some of us kno dey killed u by inj an HIV virus wyl causing chaos n uproar burning ur house threw ur beautiful 78yr old mama, Mother of grace & virtue out d window killing her n raping molesting d beautiful innocent women strangling whipping n beating every1 on sight to stupor almost killing all innocents ppl who'd done no wrong n to accuse an innocent man Fela of "armed robbery" just so pathetic...makes me sef dey "Looku looku ….. I dey Laughu laughu as well. God bless n safeguard ur fams u left behind who gave so much to lend u to us, ppl of 9ja, Africa n d entire world as well. Baba lives on......

[@edwardkauka4340]

2024 ❤ king prophet educator inspirational..fela lives on 🫂🤞👊

[@tundeezekiel134]

RUNNING MAN DANCE BEGAN WITH AFRICANS, WHAT A CREATIVITY LONG LIVE FELA

[@layiodube8458]

40 years on, Feĺa was an educational genius sent to the african populace, but the white man had done a job on most of our people, and we continue to die in abject penury for lack of education!. Not book education, but the misfortune of white mans religion. We can't seem to answer the simple question of, how or why can the Chinese and Japanese soar whilst not being Christians nor Muslims? The day we begin to answer that question we'll move forward! We dey follow follow still!!

[@bobbydhal2199]

absolute genius music ...thank you thank you thank you

[@prestoncole8614]

The magic of his music speaks volumes to a successful people. I rename it the AMERICAN AFRICAN DIASPORA AMTHEN.

[@edwardpope48]

"he who carried death in a pouch" has some kick ass horns in his music...may he be resting in peace...shalom

[@emekandiribe.5771]

edward pope

[@robthompson1737]

edward pope nice one 👍

[@curtiszyr]

“In this court we shall speak English for the benefit of foreigners” is hilarious 😂 balls on baba could sink an aircraft carrier

[@boychildnew1]

Great stuff - this song is rather slow but you never feel bored watching or listening - it crackles!

[@kamgaguy9230]

Le meilleur musicien africain

[@brad5769]

An absolute Masterpiece!

[@0004pedro]

This song is released on the Army Arrangement album but in a much different faster format.

[@babarossi367]

What a lovely concert. Thanks for posting.

[@0004pedro]

Those girls are awesome.

[@deanadewunmi3514]

This guy is too much fela speaking English for the sake of foreigners Even in Berlin unbelievable God bless you The Abami eda of Africa

[@singerringerroses]

everybody is a performer on Fela's stage

[@prestoncole8614]

It takes a brilliant man to make brilliant music and never, ever going out of season, never, ever leaving the heart of the universal. I don't think anyone in the history of any kind of music could ever pull this event off: Everybody dancing. A universal call at the era to resist mistreatment" of the world emergency-state: colonial/imperial malady!

[@cocostahl8744]

The crowd is not dry, they are all spell bound by the rythems and dancers! Most have their mouths open for more........LOL

[@Dominushart]

what a performance, what a Legend.

[@jiggeroo7]

FELA WITH THE SPIRTUAL SAX I LOVE IT....

[@DeeDeeKhan]

excellent live, i didnt know theses songs !

[@WeezyGiiirl]

i love this video

[@Jackmosh]

Wow! Gems are being unearthed. Bless you Anikulapo71.

[@ejmg1000]

Just fantastic ,,, !!! Awesome performance and music !!

[@thoughtprovoked123]

This is legendary!!!!

[@missellendiane]

thank you- this is wonderful

[@sattvio]

Funny thing of this show is that all songs played were previously unreleased.

[@ayanleketunji1181]

great dancers

[@gailmargolis8811]

oh look, twerking long before it was popular

[@Dominushart]

This is the Fire dance Fela was referring to in ‘Lady’ loooll

[@MrOgunseyinde]

amazing !

[@bolillo239]

thankx so much for this one!

[@cocostahl8744]

Get down Baba Fela! Great grooves man!

[@adorariapormeunome]

Uma das minha preferidas!

[@RasObi1]

Music At Its Best From The Man HimSelf FELA KUTI!!! Xterminate Hate

[@willmcmillan892]

that cigarette makes him look extra cool !!!!

[@hyppenkosi4065]

i get in a trance when i play this

[@hyppenkosi4065]

IN 2016 STILL GET IN A TRANCE WHEN I PLAY THIS

[@ayanleketunji1181]

THIS IS FANTASTIC PLS

[@tomite2001]

That lady invented running man!!!

[@TamImBlessed]

Research on the "Running man dance " brought me here .

[@qthingz]

+Tam I'mBlessed 9:25 mins

[@NytRoTheProducer]

Me too!!

[@R3V1Z3]

Me too. Grew up thinking MC Hammer invented it.

[@ConcreteJungle95]

The person who did it first is not necessarily the one who invented or popularized it. MC hammer may or may never have seen this video

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

@@ConcreteJungle95 As far as we know this is the first recorded version of someone doing the running man dance. It is not surprising it's an African.

[@Juancis8]

el sonido es muy bueno! pensando que es grabado en vivo y en 1978! aguante FELA!!!

[@osemwengiepaulidehen9523]

Fela my mentor

[@COUVELOMBARDA]

It's ok. i still understand what you said.

[@ShaKambondE]

My Hero the Black President

[@thegabeable]

I played my drums to the albumn version - 11.56 of straight rythmn drumming - nice!

[@shayenesabrina1124]

Fela Abami lives on n on

[@charlesogbonna57]

The prophet that was not recognized

[@steampump]

So ultra cooool.

[@hassanakelemi952]

VERY GOOD BUT I CAN'T FIND THIS TO BUY

[@prestoncole8614]

Use KZbin with JBL speakers. You can’t go wrong. If you get it in your spirit, your blood will begin to feel the rhythm. And you walk will fall in beat as your feet reach the asphalt, or the sidewalk as you pass the the house where the community vocabulary is Afrobeat. Every time you begin to walk you will feel that afrobeat rhythm beating in your chest!

[@blackvolta]

thanks brethren

[@jeromine7114]

la saccade..c est coollll!!

[@snappy452]

Why does this video have to have an end?!

[@olawolek2]

The Great

[@bahmohamed7311]

original twerking started a long time ago

[@AgnessTer]

lovely...

[@oluwasanmiakinbade604]

Running man for the 3rd lady dancing!!!!!!

[@0004pedro]

Funny enough, this song has never been released on CD.

[@felamarcoolbreeze7487]

A 80version was released on army arangment

[@0004pedro]

@@felamarcoolbreeze7487 I know that and it's not the same thing. That version was dreadful.

[@Sakhil.e]

I wonder what the dancers souls were doing while they were dancing....

[@prestoncole8614]

Probably holding court. Black people have a long grievance list of issues that have never been address. So the pain and hurt is still there for many years without verdict or reparation, land, property, and shared wealth. But rather, after the slavery, thrown out into the ocean of a society, without a dime or treatment for those who suffered more. Therefore, the dance is a call for redress, reparation and treatment to those less fortunate. The heart of the dancers imagining the BIG PAY DAY!

[@adeades547]

u r lucky to have met the legendary fela and mama seun...yay!

[@petersadeniji2312]

Ade Ades

[@sunnyekwuruibe1171]

Fela is the man who saw Nigeria for what is.

[@obarakpofaith2482]

Please which of the ladies is Seun's mother.

[@leehossain8339]

Wow. The real JBs

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I like this ONE HELL of a lot better than the dumb and lame Ed Sheeran #1 song that is boring as hell to listen to. Tony Allen changed drummimg. These kids now don't do anything for anyone else and they IMPACT nobody with their NON-MUSIC. Someone bring back real musicianship and REAL talent.

[@kingco-bruh7271]

Right as rain!

[@ArtIll303]

lol girl booty poppin' on a handstand in 78'

[@os4908]

👍🏿🇨🇮

[@cecilianunes80]

!!!!!!!!!!

[@afriqueboy2008]

hell ya sista getting the original jook

[@infinite_beat]

Turn up the volume maybe...?

[@MrOseme]

gnja is d best

[@diakmoise]

fela kuti l'immortel de la jazz musique

[@phantomdrac]

1.25 spd is prime

[@Kaatta88]

Bless Fela. For more info about Fela in Berlin (including Africa 70 band members) see: afrofunkforum (dot) com

[@hassanakelemi952]

from which album is this ?

[@sirnosed]

Army arrangement

[@freddiemintah5342]

hassan akelemi the album is best of

[@truebornafrican9213]

His ***

[@jongarrison8826]

Sooo fuckin grrrooovy

[@CRABKoko]

who is JK Brima?

[@rasyudah13]

Fela's long time best friend

[@cashflow1390]

Oh God! why take the son of man so soon

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I wish he'd treated his musicians better. I'd heard they got taken advantage of.

[@premiumchannel6244]

Michelle M thats not true

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

What the hell are you talking about?

[@yemycoolz4062]

And most of them spent almost the best parts of their lives with him until his death in '97...Your info is wrong bro..

Running man @kzbin.info/www/bejne/q36qiKtsec-Aobcm22s

[@afriqueboy2008]

lol