After a trip to Los Angeles in 1969, Fela returned to Nigeria with a completely new sound and ideology that became Afrobeat.
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Damilola OyelekeHOST
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And from the '70s through to the '90s, he dropped politically explosive albums like Zombie, Sorrow, Tears, and Blood, Coffin for Head of State, and Beast of No Nation.
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Naomi EzenwaHOST
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All while constantly attacking corruption, colonial mentality, military rule, and basically anybody in power.
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Damilola OyelekeHOST
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Which was why the man was arrested over 200 times.
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