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Fela Kuti - Music Is the Weapon

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Format: DVD
Catalog: 53
Rel. Date: 01/19/2010
UPC: 705105268514

Music Is the Weapon
Artist: Fela Kuti
Format: DVD
New: Available to Order $24.95
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Filmed in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1982 (and issued on DVD two decades later), this 53-minute documentary mixes footage of Fela Anikulapo Kuti performing at his Shrine nightclub, interviews with the controversial musician, glimpses of life at his not-so-palatial Kalakuta Republic compound, and scenes of Lagos street life. Some voice-over narration gives viewers basic information on Fela's musical career and Nigerian politics, but for the most part the images are left to speak for themselves.
        
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