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Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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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 huge stigma in Africa, there was fear his legacy would die with him. Exclusive testimony reveals the multifaceted man behind the maverick performer. Show less

Contributors

Director:
Biyi Bandele
Producer:
Siobhan Logue
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Production Manager:
Sarah Vaughton

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