Lagos, Oct 15, 2024 (AFP) - Lagos festival dances to Nigerian icon Fela Kuti's beat

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2024-10-15

Hundreds jammed into an all-night concert hall in Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos for a festival celebrating the legacy of musical revolutionary Fela Kuti and his political activism. Kuti, who died aged 58 in 1997, is famous both for his pioneering role in the creation of Afrobeat -- a then-novel genre marrying traditional African music with jazz, soul and funk -- and for being a staunch thorn in the side of Nigeria's military authorities. Beginni......

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