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Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon

Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 23 February 1985

THE IDEA of combining music with a strong political message is a romantic notion to many young musicians, but the concept is a harsh reality For Nigerian bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

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