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Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat (2020)

November. 21,2020
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Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

2020  / 1 hr 21 min

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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Director
Biyi Bandele
Cast
Fela Kuti
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