Nigerian musician Fela Kuti  invented the music known as Afrobeat and went on to influence dozens of famous musicians. He was also famously political, and a huge thorn in the side of the Nigerian military dictatorship that took power in the 1970s and 1980s.

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This feature-length documentary tells his story through previously unseen archive and key testimony from Fela’s children, his wives, friends and famous fans. I

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Director Biyi Bandele

Producer Siobhan Logue

Exec Producer Richard Klein

Plimsoll Productions
BBC TV - 80mins 2020