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Fela Kuti (left) and Tony Allen (right) are being called the the co-creators of Afrobeat. Fela's longtime manager says this is incorrect.
Photo (left) by Michael Putland/Getty Images, Photo (right) by Frans Schellekens/Redferns
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Fela Kuti (left) and Tony Allen (right) are being called the the co-creators of Afrobeat. Fela's longtime manager says this is incorrect.
While we mourn the passing of Tony Allen, one of the world's greatest drummers, there's a fact that many music journalists are getting wrong.