Why Blackman Dey Suffer: Black Power, Black Panthers and the birth of Afrobeat (LA 1969)
In Search of Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt [+]
DJ and Writer
Max Reinhardt is a club DJ, music writer, compiler, BBC World Service radio presenter and a composer for children's theatre and television. With fellow juror Rita Ray, he's co-hosted a string of innovative club events, including the acclaimed Shrine nights, DJ's with Andy Sheppard's Short Cuts and programmes international music festivals in London.
Rita Ray [+]
DJ and Broadcaster
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Rita Ray is a Club DJ, radio and TV presenter (including the BBC World Music Awards, Festival in the Desert and WOMAD), arranges and produces records and is musical director of theatre and vocal groups.
Description
On what became a 10 month stay in the USA for him and his band now known as Nigeria ’70, Fela discovers the politics of Black Power, of Liberation, of the US Counter Culture and a new radical take on African history. The plethora of voices telling the story are joined by Sandra Smith (now Sandra Izsadore), then an active member of the Black Panther Party and Fela’s lover and political and musical catalyst.