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The new sound hailed from a club that he established called the Afro-Shrine.

Upon arriving in Nigeria, Kuti also changed the name of his group to Africa ' 70.

The band maintained a five-year residency in the Afro-Shrine from 1970 to 1975 while afrobeat thrived among Nigerian youth.

Afrobeat is now one of the most recognizable music genres in the world and has influenced as many Western musicians as it has African ones with its exuberant style and polyrhythms.