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• Nigeria: Music in Protest, Protest in Music

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 603
  Every day this week in Lagos, Seun Kuti, the son of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has joined in protests against the government’s decision to end fuel subsidies in the country. On January 1, 2012, gas prices in Nigeria doubled overnight. Nigerians are furious. For Seun Kuti, it’s another sign ...
  2 weeks ago

• Musician Seun Kuti Protests Fuel Price Rise in Nigeria

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 603
  Nigeria’s government ended its generous fuel subsidies January 1, 2012. Since then the price of gas has more than doubled and national strikes have ensued. One of the protest leaders to emerge has been musician Seun Kuti, son of Nigeria’s legendary musician Fela Kuti. Anchor Marco Werman talks to him to get ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fela: Waka Waka

  
  urbanknit — Authority: 92
  A very good friend sent me a link to this Fela track. I have never heard it before and the sound is very different to what is now known as the Fela sound, the sounds of Afrobeat . Nevertheless, I really love this track. Thanks Kemdi!
  2 weeks ago

• Nigeria Feature: How Subsidy Cuts Led to Strike, Protests, and Deaths (Mark)

  
  EA WorldView — Authority: 127
  Writing for The Guardian , Monica Mark summarises latest events and offers an overview of the political conflict in Nigeria: Two people were killed and swaths of Nigeria ground to a halt on Monday as thousands of protesters took to the streets at the start of an indefinite strike against soaring fuel prices. ...
  2 weeks ago

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