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May, 2020

  • 1 May

    Tony Allen,Fela’s Afrobeat drummer dies in Paris @ 79 yrs..,(Listen to ‘Roforofo Fight’)

    Pioneering Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, a co-founder of the Afrobeat musical genre, died in Paris on Thursday aged 79, his manager says. “We don’t know the exact cause of death,” Eric Trosset told AFP, adding it was not linked to the coronavirus. Allen was the drummer and musical director of musician Fela Kuti’s famous band Africa ’70 in the 1960-70s. ...