BECOMING 'FELA!' " The Afrobeat musical that surprised Broadway
So who was Fela Anikulapo Kuti? And what was it about this hugely charismatic, politically-charged Nigerian instrumentalist, composer and singer-songwriter " the man credited with devising the fusion of jazz, funk, Nigerian/Ghanaian high-life, psychedelic rock, and traditional West African chants and rhythms that became known as Afrobeat " that made him such an alluring subject for the hit musical, "Fela!"? The show,…