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Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat (2020)

Genre : Music, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 21M

Director : Biyi Bandele

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Archival Footage

Crews

Biyi Bandele
Biyi Bandele
Director