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Fela Kuti

The Best Of The Black President
Kalakuta Sunrise/Knitting Factory : 2009
92A

There are several labels that have been ascribed to Nigerian Afro-Beat king Fela Kuti: visionary, trailblazer, misogynist, revolutionary, genius, etc. However, “prolific” has to be the most indisputable. Timed with the Broadway debut of the...

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