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158541, Fela didn't listen to James Brown in London, no
Posted by AFKAP_of_Darkness, Thu Feb-03-11 12:30 PM
>I read that he was a avid listener to him when he was living
>in London. Maybe your post is correct as well.
Fela was in London in the 1950s, before James Brown's ascent.
Also, Fela stated that he never ever heard soul music until 1966 when Sierra Leonean soulman Geraldo Pino came to Nigeria.
I believe this, because "white" rock & roll actually penetrated Nigeria several years before soul did, so people there were more into Elvis, The Beatles, Cliff Richard and the like before they were ever into Wilson Pickett or JB.
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