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  • Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders (Pilot)

SOUND TRACKS: MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS | Black President w/ Fela and Seun Kuti | PBS

Duration: 02:11
Program: Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders (Pilot)

In the 1970s, Nigerian sensation Fela Kuti created some of the boldest, most colorful music ever made, inspiring the hit Broadway musical Fela!. After Fela father died in 1997, his 14-year-old son Seun stepped forward to lead the band. SOUND TRACKS: MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS host Marco Werman meets Seun and explores the story of Fela.

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Post Date: January 6, 2010