Re: fela's death

From: Beau Young (bjy07@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri May 04 2001 - 04:01:24 CEST

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    man, i wouldn't be surprised at all. very interested to see if anybody else
    heard this. i saw a biography about him about a year ago and couldnt help
    but question whether or not Fela was murdered. but then, i'm one who always
    sees a conspiracy.
    beau j. young

    >From: pauljackson <paul.jackson4@sympatico.ca>
    >Reply-To: paul.jackson4@sympatico.ca
    >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    >Subject: fela's death
    >Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 01:48:12 -0500
    >
    >This is a call on the collective knowledge out there...
    >
    >(and maybe this has been discussed before)
    >
    >From my understanding Fela was supposed to have died from an AIDS
    >related causes, however I have just heard otherwise.
    >
    >The source is someone who grew up in Nigeria and was there when he died.
    >
    >She says that Fela was murdered for political reasons. The AIDS story
    >was created -- possibly by his brother -- to stop the investigation
    >into his death.
    >
    >Can anyone back this up?
    >Completely shoot it down?
    >Is that part of mythologizing the mighty fela?
    >
    >
    >_paul
    >

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