Fela Kuti
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The architect of Afrobeat (1938–1997). Bandleader, provocateur and founder of the Kalakuta Republic, whose long, defiant grooves still set the terms for African popular music.
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In keeping with the ceremonial atmosphere, there were even speeches honouring his chieftaincy.
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About Fela Kuti
Lagos, Nigeria · Afrobeat
With Africa 70 he fused highlife, jazz, funk and Yoruba rhythm into songs that ran for twenty minutes and named names. The state raided his compound; the music outlived it.