Bill T. Jones on Fela Kuti
What Achebe did for literature, Fela Kuti did for music. The Nigerian composer and father of Afrobeat inspired a generation of artists–one of whom is choreographer Bill T. Jones. Kurt talks with Jones about his musical “Fela!” which celebrates the art and life of a musical legend.
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