Superstar, composer, singer, musician, mystic and political activist, Nigeria's Fela Kuti was a wildly flamboyant and controversial figure. Fela This Bitch of A Life digs deep to unearth many previously hidden aspects of this complex man who died of AIDS in 1997 after a tumultuous life of musical pioneering. In the years since his death, Fela Kuti's reputation has continued to grow, spawning the Tony-award winning Fela! The Musical , now an international success. Fela This Bitch of A Life is based on many hours of conversation with Kuti himself and gives an intimate insight to someone whose many public faces often hid the innermost feelings of the man.