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Music is the Weapon: Fela

Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 21 February 1985

THE CONCEPT OF combining music with a strong political message is a romantic, enticing notion to many young musicians but it's a harsh, often painful reality to Nigeria's Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

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