Felabration Celebrates Life of Fela Kuti

Moshpix: The worldwide annual celebration of the life and music of the late Nigerian singer Fela Kuti hit Chicago Friday at South Loop's The Shrine. Every October, Afrobeat fans from Lagos to Paris to Brooklyn gather to sway to Fela's pulsating beats. Check out how Chicago represented this year, thanks to the beats of DJ Ron Trent.

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