Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat 2020 Released

Directed by Biyi Bandele

Music, Documentary · 81 min

 

Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat 2020 Released

Directed by Biyi Bandele

Music, Documentary · 81 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... see more
BBC,

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... see more
BBC,
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Nov 21, 2020
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EN
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English
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