Cat. № POSTER-030 · Archive reference image
Broadcast Archives № 030
Fela Kuti: The Black President
Available · one owner onlyArchive note
Archival magazine cover from Vibe's lost 1978 retrospective issue, commemorating Fela Kuti's role as Afrobeat pioneer and political icon. The composition pairs his portrait with intricate West African geometric patterning and flowing color bands—a visual language that echoes the sonic layering of his compositions. Recovered from Japanese music press archives; suggests a cross-cultural recognition of Kuti's influence that never materialized in Western mainstream coverage. Collectors of lost music journalism and Pan-African design history.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
2752 × 1536 px · 4.2 MP · landscape
- Section
- Broadcast Archives
- Style
- 1970s magazine cover art, geometric afrofuturism
- Mood
- aspirational, culturally defiant, archival
- Palette
- cream, rust orange, forest green, slate blue
- Collection
- Fela Kuti
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