In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, ...

Hundreds jammed into an all-night concert hall in Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos for a festival celebrating the legacy of musical revolutionary Fela Kuti and his political activism. Kuti ...

Denise Trucello Today, the Recording Academy carries on its tradition of enshrining the most impactful and enduring ...

Played by Michelle Williams in Fela!, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti’s muse, L.A. activist Sandra Izsadore, has her say. Played by Michelle Williams in Fela!, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti’s muse ...

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But life with Fela was anything but quiet,” Yeni reflected. Femi Kuti, the couple’s first son, added that the book sheds light on Fela’s relentless pursuit of justice and his revolutionary ...

January 22, 2025 • Will Ana and Felix ever figure out their New Years Resolution for 2025? The clock is ticking. They contemplate that and share their favorite recent new music.

I don’t have a Val; my Val is my children. Even though they are not here with me, I will celebrate with them.” ...

depicting a journey to the promised land set to Duke Ellington’s classic “Come Sunday,” Peven Everett’s hit “Gabriel,” and the pulse of Fela Kuti’s Afro-Pop. Stories by Paris Wolfe I ...

particularly in the figure of Kuti’s passionate, controversial father, Fela Kuti. Femi himself started out in the early 1980s as a member of his late father’s band Egypt 80 and has stuck ...

Renowned Afrobeat family of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti recently in Lagos, launched the biography of their mother, Remilekun Anikulapo-Kuti titled: “Mrs Kuti” (a memoir) to the world. The book is a ...