Dr. Carlos Moore

Fela: This Bitch of a Life

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Fela Kuti, Afrobeat’s King of Pain
Nigerian musician Fela Kuti’s rough edges and caustic humor are on display right away in the 1982 authorized biography Fela: This Bitch of a Life by Carlos Moore, which has been newly republished…

Book Reviews

Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was positively reviewed with cover image on MondoMix.com (50,000 visitors per month), a worldwide music and culture Web site. To read the full review, click here: http://carlos-moore.mondomix.com/en/chronique5405.htm

Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was noted on September 17, 2009 on the music blog LimeWire (35,589 visitors/month). For more, click here: http://blog.limewire.com/posts/26570-fela-kuti-on-the-road-to-reissues/

The previously announced MotherJones.com review of Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was also posted on August 24, 2009 on Newser.com (432,500 visitors per month), a Web site that provides current news briefs and breaking stories about politics, business, health, sports, technology and entertainment. For more, click here:http://www.newser.com/story/67625/this-bitch-of-a-life-offers-frank-view-of-fela-kuti.html

Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was positively reviewed with cover image in a lengthy article on August 24, 2009 on MotherJones.com (290,000 visitors per month). They call it an "enticing read" and say that "reading Moore's book restores an emotional weight to a music that was forged in protest, under duress, suffering from grief. The mournful ballad "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am," will leave your soul aching. This is Fela, he of the bitch of a life." To read the full article, click here: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2009/08/fela-kutis-bitch-life

Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was noted in conjunction with an author event in the July 9, 2009 issue of the Long Beach Press-Telegram (circ. 78,352). For more, click here: http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_12805418

Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was noted with cover image on July 5, 2009 in conjunction with several upcoming author events on ArthurMag.com, an online magazine about counterculture. For more, click here: http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/07/05/july-8-10-la-evening-talks-with-fela-this-bitch-of-a-life-author-dr-carlos-moore/

Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was featured with cover image in the May 2009 issue of African American Family (circ. 27,271), a regional lifestyle magazine published for African American families in the Detroit area.

Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) will be included with cover image in the May 2009 issue of African American Family (circ. 27,271), a regional lifestyle magazine published for African American families in the Detroit area.