Nigerian pop music in the shadow of the 'King of Afrobeat' Fela Kuti


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Nigerian afrobeat musical artist Adekunle Gold performs during a rehearsal with his band, The 79th Element in Lagos. Photos: AFP

Fela Kuti was known as “the King of Afrobeat”. Krizbeatz calls himself “the King of AfroDance”, the Nigerian music that has got millions dancing across Africa and the world.

For Fela, as he is still known to fans, music was often a life-threatening fight against corrupt military dictatorships that ruled Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s. For the talented Krizbeatz, a child of the capitalist and democratic 1990s, music is a game.

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