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Music That Never Was № 031
Fela Kuti: The Black President
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Vibe Magazine archival cover featuring Fela Kuti, the Nigerian afrobeat pioneer and political icon, rendered in bold geometric patterns and chromatic waves. The design captures Kuti mid-performance on soprano saxophone, framed by intricate linear patterning suggestive of West African textile traditions. Dated 1978—a pivotal year in Kuti's career, marked by continued musical innovation and outspoken activism. A artifact for collectors of suppressed music journalism, pan-African design history, and the intersection of avant-garde aesthetics with revolutionary politics.
Catalogued, not yet released. This artifact will become available to acquire soon.
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
- Music That Never Was
- Style
- Art deco meets afrobeat aesthetic, hand-illustrated geometric
- Mood
- revolutionary, vibrant, prophetic
- Palette
- cream, rust, gold, indigo
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