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Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80: Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80

Son of Afrobeat titan boldly assumes the mantle
With the possible exception of Bob Marley, no figure in so-called “world music” looms quite as large as Fela Kuti. With an incendiary and confrontational approach to the ills of then-contemporary Nigerian politics and a frenzied rhythmic urge that closed the circle between James Brown and more traditional African forms, Kuti was a galvanizing social force above and beyond his sonic impact. Rather than flee this inevitable shadow or shake the implications of his name a decade after his father’s death, son Seun has instead chosen to lead his father’s classic band, confidently...  read more