Fela Kuti remembered: 'He was a tornado of a man, but he loved humanity'

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti was a Nigerian hero, a political insurrectionist – and had 27 wives. Now a hit musical celebrating his extraordinary life is coming to BritainHe was meant to be a doctor, an upstanding member of Nigeria's elite like his father, an Anglican pastor who had founded the Nigeria Union of Teachers, and his mother, an aristocrat, nationalist and fiery feminist who had won the Lenin peace prize. His two brothers were already committed to the medical profession to which he wa...

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