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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 42
Top works
- Comment Tout a Commencé
- Ruth Packard Allen
- Cascade Range
- Fundamentals of Freshwater Fishing
- Third Captain's Log
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Anthony Allen (born January 11, 1982), nicknamed "the Grindfather," is an American former professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily for the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies. He is a six-time member on the NBA All-Defensive Team, including three first-team selections. Allen won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in…
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 1940-08-12
- Active to
- 2020-04-30
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 298,674
- Total plays
- 2,656,846
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Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Of mixed Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage, Allen taught himself to play drums by listening to records made by the American ja
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tony
- Family name
- Allen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Lagos
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Genre
- Afrobeat
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Astralwerks
- Official website
- tonyallenafrobeat.com
- Image
- Tony Allen mg 6469.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tony Allen
- date of birth
- 1940-07-20
- Commons gallery
- Tony Allen
- date of death
- 2020-04-30
- name in native language
- Tony Oladipo Allen
- cause of death
- aortic aneurysm
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- birth name
- Anthony Oladipo Allen
- social media followers
- 16900
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