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Fela Anikulapo Kuti performs 13 September 1986 at the "Party of Humankind" of the French Communist Party

Video. "Music as a weapon": Paris honours Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti

Updated: 21/10/2022 - 17:04 GMT+2

The Paris Philharmonic is devoting an immersive exhibition to the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat in the 1970s, who "had a real love affair with France."

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