Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen dies at 79

Updated May 1 2020 - 10:46pm, first published 10:43pm
Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen started drumming in Nigeria's Lagos in the 1960s.
Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen started drumming in Nigeria's Lagos in the 1960s.

Pioneering drummer Tony Allen, the driver of the Afrobeat sound, has died in Paris at age 79.

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