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Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

11/21/2020

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1hr 21min

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Music

,Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Fela Kuti

    Director

  • Biyi Bandele

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Fela Kuti

Self (archive footage)