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LAGOS — Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said.

The legendary percussionist is considered a co-founder of the Afrobeat genre

Two only glancingly connected stories of street-level life in Lagos form the ostensible backbone of “This Is My Desire,” the engaging, earnest, loose-limbed debut feature from Nigerian twin-brother directors Arie and Chuko Esiri. But the shape of those lives is vaguely similar.

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and a team of high-level executives have spent the week crisscrossing the African continent, wooing local creators and touting plans to thrust the continent center-stage as the streaming giant’s first African original series, “Queen Sono,” drops worldwide on Friday.

On Sunday night, an overzealous fan rushed the stage at a Future concert in Lagos, Nigeria, in hopes of greeting the rapper. While performing at the EKO Convention Centre, Future was knee-deep in his headlining performance before a fan scurried his way onto the stage.