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TONY ALLEN
Musician (Nigeria)
27 May 2003

Tony Allen, former drummer with Fela Kuti and father of the AfroBeat. Interviewed by Freemuse/Barbro Schultz in Paris, April 2003 at the launch of the Freemuse report "Which Way Nigeria?"
Tony Allen - Photo by Barbro Schultz


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Tony Allen
Exlusive video interview with Tony Allen on music censorship in Nigeria
27 May 2003
Damon Albarn: Music is destroyed by censorship
The record industry exerts a covert censorship, which makes it difficult for musicians to express themselves freely, was the message from Damon Albarn, Tony Allen and Ty at the Roskilde Festival 2003
01 July 2003
Nigeria report launched in Paris
Photos from the launch. Interviews with Tony Allen and Ray Lema
04 June 2003
Roskilde Festival 2003, Damon Albarn on music censorship
Damon Albarn, Tony Allen and Ty on self-censorship, corporate censorship, censorship in Africa, and music during wartime - video excerpts from the Freemuse organized press conference on freedom of musical expression, Roskilde Festival 2003
26 August 2003
Nigeria: Kano state bans all films from carrying music
Kano state in northern Nigeria recently banned all films from carrying music, wrote Elizabeth Dickinson from Kaduna on 28 October 2007.
06 November 2007
Femi Kuti
Interview with afrobeat king Femi Kuti from Nigeria
01 August 2005
Freemuse report on censorship in Nigeria: "Which way Nigeria?"
Music under Threat: A Question of Money, Morality, Self-Censorship and the Sharia.
Read or purchase the Freemuse report on music censorship in Nigeria. French and English version available
30 April 2003
Press release: Nigeria Report
Nigeria report launched in Paris
29 April 2003
Nigeria: 'Leash on Their Tongues'
Article on how music has been censored in Nigeria. Including the story of Fela Kuti and Femi Kuti and their struggle against political and religious censorship
01 March 2001
1910 - 1959
Freemusepedia timeline: Africa: 1910 - 1959:
Nigeria. Yoruba drummers.
01 January 2001