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GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz, funk and West African music, and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela ... OF SONG, "JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE") KUTI: (Singing ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FEMI KUTI SONG, "POLITICS DON EXPOSE THEM") GONYEA ... and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela Kuti, helped create in the 1960s. Kuti spoke to us from ...