CULTURETECHLENSKalakuta Republic
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Combined Graph record U-01404 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0079. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Kalakuta Republic was Fela Kuti's compound in Lagos, Nigeria, which he declared an independent, self-governing state; it was first situated in the Surulere suburb of Lagos, where Fela, his family and Afrika 70 lived until 1977, when the army burnt it to the ground (on February 18, some 1,000 soldiers attacked it); Fela later rebuilt Kalakuta Republic in Ikeja, Lagos, and his Ikeja house is now the Kalakuta Museum (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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Kalakuta Republic was Fela Kuti's compound in Lagos, Nigeria, which he declared an independent, self-governing state; it was first situated in the Surulere suburb of Lagos, where Fela, his family and Afrika 70 lived until 1977, when the army burnt it to the ground (on February 18, some 1,000 soldiers attacked it); Fela later rebuilt Kalakuta Republic in Ikeja, Lagos, and his Ikeja house is now the Kalakuta Museum (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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- https://felakuti.com/legacy/kalakuta-museum (verification source · master store)
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Kalakuta Republic was Fela Kuti's compound in Lagos, Nigeria, which he declared an independent, self-governing state; it was first situated in the Surulere suburb of Lagos, where Fela, his family and Afrika 70 lived until 1977, when the army burnt it to the ground (on February 18, some 1,000 soldiers attacked it); Fela later rebuilt Kalakuta Republic in Ikeja, Lagos, and his Ikeja house is now the Kalakuta Museum (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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