Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat
Exclusive testimony reveals the multifaceted man behind the maverick performer Fela Kuti, who created a sound for a continent - Afrobeat.
In 1997, over one million people gathered in Lagos for the funeral of Fela Kuti, Africa鈥檚 biggest artist, who gave the world Afrobeat, yet was also a thorn in the side of Nigeria鈥檚 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 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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End of Time (Live At Roseland)
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Biyi Bandele |
Producer | Siobhan Logue |
Executive Producer | Richard Klein |
Editor | John Gillanders |
Production Manager | Sarah Vaughton |
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