Born as Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti on 15 October 1938 to the family of Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti and Chief Mrs Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti in Abeokuta capital of present day Ogun state Nigeria, he died as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti on 2 August 1997 having spent some 56 years on earth most of