They met in 1983 at the University of Ife, where Fela performed a concert and Achebe gave a lecture.
The photo captures the mutual respect and admiration between the two icons, who both challenged the status quo and spoke truth to power through their art.
Fela was a pioneer of Afrobeat music, a genre that fused jazz, funk, highlife, and traditional African rhythms.
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