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Fela Kuti
Thursday, November 30, 2006
We look at the music and life of the man who created Afrobeat, became a living symbol of the rights of African people, and who died of AIDS in 1997. His records are being reissued by big labels, and his music can also be heard in NYC’s "Jump’n’Funk" dance parties.
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