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Emerging from a war, with the hopes and energy of independence from the 1960s dissipating, Nigeria’s youth felt a frustration with the country’s government and politics. Fuelled by the energy of the US black power movement, and its analogous music - James Brown, Jimi Hendrix - Nigerian acts like The Funkees, Fela Kuti, Sherry Parker & more rose to prominence.