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Asake performs “Lonely at the Top,” “Amapiano,” “Awodi,” and more in his NPR Tiny Desk debut.

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti didn't make music. He declared war — total, beautifully orchestrated war — against hypocrisy, tyranny, and that peculiarly African affliction of nodding politely whilst the emperor ...

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