This documentary tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kutis life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat, using that forum to express his revolutionary political opinions against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. His influence helped bring a change towards democracy in Nigeria and promoted Pan Africanist politics to the world. The power and potency of Felas message is completely current today and is expressed in the political movements of oppressed people, embracing Felas music and message in their struggle for freedom.