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Arena: Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

Series 946, episode 0

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Biyi Bandele

The story of the influential African musician Fela Kuti, who is remembered not only as the creator of the Afrobeat genre but also as an outspoken political revolutionary who criticised military regimes in his native Nigeria. A counter-cultural revolutionary, he fought injustice with his music and provoked society with his lifestyle, on one occasion marrying 27 wives in a single ceremony. When he died in 1997 from HIV, a disease that carried huge stigma in Africa, there was fear his legacy would die with him, but this film shows that the impact of his life and music is still felt today

Cast (unconfirmed)

John Gillanders