Archive for October 15th, 2010

Rare images of Fela Kuti

In anticipation of the much praised musical Fela! opening at the National Theatre in London on the 6th November 2010, Lebrecht Photo Library has newly acquired some very rare photographs of the great musician and pioneer of Afrobeat Fela Kuti, relaxing at home in Lagos with his many wives in 1978. Taken by the photographer Mike Wells.

For more images of Fela Kuti, please go to www.lebrecht.co.uk.

AUTHOR PICS from Lebrecht: LEO TOLSTOY 100th death anniversary

LEO TOLSTOY died one hundred year ago on the 20th November, 1910.

The renowned Russian novelist is most famous for ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’. A vast resource from the Tolstoy archive and other Russian sources is now online at http://www.lebrecht.co.uk. To view a selection of these images, please click on the image below:

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