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This week’s tour across Europe’s best arts and cultural events begins in the French capital where the Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti is taking pride of place at the Philarmonie de Paris. The Nigerian singer and saxophonist, who died in 1997, left his mark on the history of music by creating a new movement at the end of the 1960s: Afrobeat, which combined jazz and Yoruba music. The exhibition traces the musical and political career of Fela Kuti, nicknamed the “Black President”. There are many photos and videos to see, especially of the thousands of concerts he gave in Nigeria and around the w…