Fela Kuti, who used 'music as weapon', honoured in Paris

"Instead of picking up a gun, music was the only tool he had. It was a weapon to use against authority, against colonisation and corrupt African governments."

In this file photo taken on October 3, 2022 Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, son of the pioneer of Afrobeat Fela Kuti, poses with a saxophone. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)