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Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

Nov 21, 2020 · 1h 21m
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In 1997, over one million people gathered in Lagos for the funeral of Fela Kuti, Africa’s biggest artist, who gave the world Afrobeat, yet was also a thorn in the side of Nigeria’s military regimes - a revolutionary who fought injustice with his music and a libertine who married 27 wives in one ceremony. When he died from a disease that carried a huge stigma in Africa, there was fear his legacy would die with him. Exclusive testimony reveals the multifaceted man behind the maverick performer.

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Fela Kuti
Self (archive footage)
Directed by Biyi Bandele

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EN
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BBC
Country
GB, US
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