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FEMI ANIKULAPO-KUTI

Shoki ShokiLike father, like son. The undisputed inheritor of the genius of Nigerian Afro-beat superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is his 36 year old son, Femi. The first family of Afro-Beat has officially arrived in the United States, with MCA Records to helm the domestic CD debut of the recorded work of father and son.

Femi’s version of Afro-Beat is the most exciting new sound to emerge from Nigeria for years, borrowing the best elements from his father’s powerfully polyrhythmic prototype: a funky, jazzy, heavily percussive sound that took James Brown’s beat back to Africa. Femi adds to that winning formula the freshness and exuberance of young Lagos and its taste for the new dance music of America and Europe.

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