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Fela Kuti died back in 1997, and since then his popularity and reputation have grown as a new generation discovers the music of this extraordinary Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer and rebel politician. Quite right, too, for Fela was the originator of Afrobeat, the fusion of funk, jazz and Yoruba influences that continues to inspire musicians worldwide. And his life was so extraordinary and extreme that it’s no surprise that it became the subject of a hit Broadway musical.
But during his lifetime it was all rather different. He had a devoted following in the West, for sure, but when African styles...
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