Femi Kuti, Austin City Limits, July 2007

One of the great joys of living in the early 21st century is the offhand ease of seeing the best that a continent like, say, Africa might be hearing and dancing to right now…. Here, Femi Kuti, son of Feli Kuti–bringer of World Beat sounds to the Western World a generation ago–sings and brings his tribal songs, rhythms and magic straight from Nigeria to anyone close enough to view a teevee set.

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