Original: Fela Anikulapo Kuti ( ; 15 October 1938 â '' 2 August 1997 ) , or simply Fela ( ( feË lÃ ) ) , was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer , pioneer of afrobeat music , human rights activist , and political maverick .
Simplified: Fela Anikulapo Kuti ( 15 October 1938 â '' 2 August 1997 ) , or just Fela , was a Nigerian musician and composer who was very important in a genre called afrobeat .