Thursday, August 14, 2008

Introducing Seun Kuti & Egypt 80…

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
West Africa
Nigeria

Seun Kuti is Fela Anikulapo Kuti 's last son. Seun's father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was Nigeria's most beloved popular musician and most acerbic social critic until his death in 1997.
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From a recent interview:
Is the Nigerian government still trying to suppress Afrobeat music?
Yeah, because you can’t support something that is against you. They know what Afrobeat
stands for, so it receives no support from the government or police. They support all these Nigerian hip-hop bands. It’s very cheap low-quality pop.

SOURCES: AfroPop.org, L.A. Record

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