What is Tony Allen (musician)?
[[File:Tony Allen mg 6469.jpg|thumb|Tony Allen]] '''Tony Oladipo Allen''' (July 20, 1940 &ndash; April 30, 2020) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter. He lived and worked in [[Paris]]. Allen was the drummer and musical director of [[Fela Kuti]]'s band Africa '70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of [[Afrobeat]] music. He was born in [[Lagos]]. Allen died on April 30, 2020 in Paris from an [[aortic aneurysm]], aged 79.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://saharareporters.com/2020/04/30/breaking-felas-ex-drummer-tony-allen-dies-france|website=Sahara Reporters|date=April 30, 2020|title=Fela's Ex-drummer, Tony Allen, Dies In France}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Tony}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Drummers]] [[Category:20th-century composers]] [[Category:Songwriters]] [[Category:Writers from Lagos]] [[Category:Nigerian musicians]] {{bio-stub}}