The Brief & Fabulous Friendship of Peter Tosh & Fela Kuti

Peter Tosh was considered the most radical and fearless reggae musicians of his day and indeed of all time. At the other end of the globe, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti also amassed a reputation as a fearless activist and critic of the military government of Nigeria.
Both legends were fierce admirers of each other and shared identical qualities and worldviews. It was no surprise that they would become tight friends after they met during Peter Tosh's first visit to Nigeria in 1982
#reggae #petertosh #felakuti

[@gregoryspevack2263]

Great video, for sure. Back in the 80's Peter and Flea were supposed to play at the world famous Hollywood bowl. Unfortunately, it never happened, Fela had trouble leaving Legos, due to having a too much money on him. I had almost bought a ticket to the show before they canceled it. My friend recently came up with a poster for the show. He sent me a picture of it, I think I will get a T-shirt made of it. I was lucky enough to see Burna Boy at the Hollywood Bowl a few years ago. It was an amazing show and he did a nice tribute to Fela that night.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing this historical nugget

[@remmykangwa4845]

It is great to know that these two musical legends met and got along... strong willed and proud black men and fought against injustices of the system

[@bobbyjhay8685]

GREAT VIBES. BRUTALITY & OPPRESSION ANYWHERE TO ANYONE IS AN UGLY BEAST. BOTH WERE WANTED FOR THEIR STRONG CONVICTIONS. JAH LIVE. JAH GUIDE. JAH BLESS.

[@LionInTheWilderness]

I started listening to Fela Kuti shortly after I began listening to Peter tosh music in 2017. Never knowing until your first post about them having a connection is really special. Their music is truly a divine inspiration.

[@user-mc3pk2wp6x]

JAH bless! i started to listen to Peter Tosh and Fela Kuti in the late 1908s. I enjoyed and respected their music and being freedom fighters even though their music were vastly different in sound. Thank you!! Big Up to all the Freedom fighters!!

[@dp13579]

Yes Yes Yes.... Music is the Weapon.... A quarter pound of Ishence and a Quarter pound of Nng....Two massive superstars!!!! Thanks for that!!!!

[@bayokehinde4440]

Mighty privileged to have watched both Legends perform in Nigeria. Fela Kuti at The African Shrine Lagos, National Stadium Lagos & TBS Lagos in the 80's. While I watched Peter Tosh perform in 1985, Guinness sponsored reggae show in Ilorin which also featured Eric Donaldson, Lady Venus & also Fela's Son Femi Kuti with Dele Sosimi & the Positive Force Band ( then Fela was still in Prison) Awesome shows bringing back beautiful memories!

[@andreyviana504]

Never knew about Peter's performance in Nigeria

[@bayokehinde4440]

@@andreyviana504 He performed at the Ilorin mini Township Stadium, during a Guinness sponsored show. I was privileged to obtain both autographs of Eric Donaldson and Lady Venus on my University ID Card. Tosh did not really mingle with fans, after his performance he went straight into stadium changing room which was well guarded by seci personnel, couldn't get his autograph.

[@emmanuelalfred2684]

I so love this documentary... much love to Tosh and fela

[@robertmathurin739]

Give Thanks for the video,,Di Man deh Pon Earth still,,watch all di wicked Dem ah Gwan,, Blessed Love,, Rastafari,, 🇱🇨👊🏽🇯🇲👍🏽❤️

[@vadermasktruth]

This is the coolest & purest thing I've watched on KZbin so far this year! A great story of friendship & unity and how herb brings people together. I learn something from every episode this channel puts out. It really feels like he does his research and gives us the low down in a way that keeps your attention. A lot of these stories from decades ago leave very little photographic or videographic documentation in their wake, as no one had a hi-def camera in their back pocket like today. But who wants to live life through the lens of a camera, when you can just live life! I tip my hat to Reggae Appreciation Society for his hard work! Jah bless, from a White brother in Detroit!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Thanks so much❤️💛💚 I feel honored

[@loveheals6184]

GIVE THANKS I'M BEYOND EXHILARATED AT THE PROSPECT OF WATCHING THIS VIDEO🙌🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿🎤🎶🎺🎼❤💛💚🖤

[@jackjonas1699]

Blessings to Fela and Peter.

[@user-fs2ed5tm9v]

Peter Tosh the king the teacher, the original fireman the trendsetter the revolutionary man of truth son of Jacob the Israelites

[@dee24874]

Great post! Btw both Fela and Peter were both Libras.

[@jimsliverootsculturemusic]

I never knew this but it makes perfect sense, both men are defiant warriors who could never be bowed.

[@ammabeee7952]

Be very sure that they are performing now together on stage in 5D never to be departed. Entertaining the masses in the Spiritual realms unmolested.. Powahful duo sadly missed. But we all with join them 1 day faraway very soon..

[@MsWildberry1]

RAS foe me video is the icing on the cake. Because Peter and Fela are my two favourite artists from a very young age, Fela was introduced to me by my very musical brother way back. RAS I apprecialove this mini documentary which I have to watch one or two times more. Thank you RAS Fela and Peter are Emperors, brave, and strong beliefs in truths. I love them both 💜💜💜

[@loveheals6184]

Love & Raspect, Empress. I've long lamented that the concert never took place. The dynamic duo in the U.S. would've represented the African family to the fullest from different branches of the tree ❤️💛💚🖤

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings ❤️💛💚🙌

[@MsWildberry1]

@@loveheals6184 Blessed love sister Empress. Peter and Fela we know and can visualise how spiritually inspired this concert would be, due to a as nature intended this coming together of two unique and individually gifted geniuses. Mighty powerful joining of two authentic African Emperors.❤️💛💚🖤

[@loveheals6184]

@@MsWildberry1 Precisely, Sister-Queen. Part of me wondered if the CIA had a hand in Fela being prevented from travel. After all, they were involved in outright assassinations on the continent and the attempted assassinations of Fidel Castro and Michael Manley and led the assault on Grenada and the murder of Maurice Bishop .

[@johnthies1150]

Wow, this is the stuff of legends. This is not the first time that with your meticulous research you've added life to one of these stories that I have heard off but could only imagine. How I would loved to have been a fly on the wall. Another interesting Fela story I've heard was when James Brown's band including Bootsy Collins visited his shrine and saw his band play. Apparently they were treated like royalty, yet to the JBs, Fela's band were the funkiest cats they'd ever seen.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Thanks so much for this😊 Blessings ❤️💛💚

[@RodgersOluoch]

Big up, I do love this voice

[@omarsadiqYouTube]

Gr8 gr8 presentation bro

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mi lion. Thanks so much ❤️💛💚

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Absolute legends

[@godwinodeli-ofoluwa5523]

Yes real Brothers i say

[@emarkjacobs]

more great work and footage

[@planetfeelgood17]

Great sharing! Giving Thanks! JAH Bless!

[@marleyp7165]

I had no clue those two legends friends ❤

[@rasbow27]

Any information of the background music dub for the videos? Love this channel... Nuff respect breddrin 🇧🇿

[@bayokehinde4440]

Their music remains timeless!

[@fullcircle4464]

They both shall return in this time we never die we keep transitioning

[@elizabethhann4028]

[18 April 2024] I never knew that they actually met. I thought they only *wanted* to meet, but couldn't, because of visa mix-ups or criminal charges or some other Babylonian-sh!tstem business. But I'm so glad that they *did* meet. If only they'd recorded songs together. Peter Tosh and Fela Kuti: my favorite soul rebel icons. Two true sons of Anansi; two of the greatest musical tricksters in the world.

[@musicinmyearstv]

Nice Stuff

[@bayokehinde4440]

2 Legends Awesome & absolutely mind-blowing. Thanks for enriching us with this!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon ❤️💛💚

[@runningrasta]

Two favorites...Nuff Respect on this piece...

[@ap3155]

Never knew this great connection between them,one question though,at 6:29,when Fela and the others feasted on a bbq,did Peter Tosh had meat,as a Rastaman him lef out di meat right? Still,Give Thanks n Big Up unnu Self R.A.S for the exceptional research ,videos u make n the narration u present.🔥🔥

[@SabiArtStory777]

No doubt two great musicians, ahead of their time & providing great new impulses. Peter Tosh one of my all-time favorites, but Fela not, cause his role as the supposed rediscoverer of traditional African values gave him the excuse to view women as disposable commodities. He repeatedly made corresponding statements in interviews and song lyrics such as: “Women are mattresses ... etc etc ” - and that's how he treated dem! Chauvinistic men from the last millennium can listen to this singing bird! But of course you have nothing to do with that, your post is great, as usual. 🌻🤘🏼😎

[@vadermasktruth]

I think that's a very valid criticism. And it's ok to civilly confront people in the limelight for erroneous views and give them a chance to change. Alternatively, it's ok to really enjoy someone's music but think their views on X, Y or Z are dead wrong.

[@SabiArtStory777]

​​@@vadermasktruth Fela no longer has the opportunity to change and would not have done so because he felt absolutely right. There are many documented incidents of abuse and violence against girls/women. Certainly people don't say anything about it publicly (or only very carefully), just like about his calls for violence/killing of buttymen ... What do you think about how this should be handled these days? 🤔 Especially on platforms like here (where the majority might be male PoC)? I have the impression that more of them (maybe younger ones?) feel differently about it these days, but prefer not to express it?

[@westyraviz]

Fela was a product of his time and upbringing. That was the traditional African man in him speaking. But indeed those views were backward-even then. But Fela was a legendary composer and bandleader. A product of privilege, he could have played it safe and got along just fine, but the rebel in him couldn’t stand African dictators and government corruption. He paid a heavy price for his musical and vocal outbursts. No prophet is honored in his own land.

[@SabiArtStory777]

@@westyraviz thanks, I can listen & read myself, cause I'm already a big girl.🌻🤘🏼😎

[@user-sp3ik4eb6e]

❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mrsplanetmaster9]

Tosh all time FAV and I think I was listening to FELA in the 90's..saw the show on B'way in the 2000's and POTUS Obama & Best !st Lady were in the house....Bravo to all👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹😁🌿

[@scottwalker2482]

Indeed! Thank you for sharing this information about two of my all-time most respected musicians! So glad they made a connection...

[@raskeen27]

Wowww tosh eating meat,,,umm don't think so

[@westyraviz]

Peter likely badmouthed Bob to Fela. That and also the fact that when Sandra Izsadore split from Fela, she went to hang out with Bob Marley. Fela once said in the 1980s that Bob betrayed the black race. No doubt he was channeling Peter. Quite the shame, because Bob was a fan of Fela.

[@dee24874]

Too bad. Imo Bob would've eventually met Fela if Bob lived. Maybe they would've worked out their differences.

[@KeithKazamaFlick]

change the music bro. too much of one ting good for nutten.

[@Luiz.Campos]

Congratulations for writing such bullshit.

[@kherimkali2887]

Greetings @reggaeappreciationsociety you never disappoint. Entartaining video and Great insight as always!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon ❤️💛💚 Thanks a lot

[@irvingtaylor5353]

This was awesome!! Would have loved to been in that circle.

[@andytaylor6781]

Hugh❤❤❤

[@Mente_Universal]

GREAT