A look into the music of Fela Kuti and the genre Afrobeat. Fela Kuti has inspired musicians from all over the world from Burna Boy and Beyoncé, to Miles Davis. Sound Field dives into the musical ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Fela Kuti became the first African to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards. He was honored posthumously on ...

It's impossible to neatly sum up Fela Kuti's chaotic life, but a record company bio for a disc of the Afrobeat icon tried: "Fela's life as musician, political activist, rebel, and notorious free ...

UPDATE: Pulse reached out to Rikki Stein who managed Fela Kuti for 15 years until his death in 1997. Who told us via email that Skales didn’t follow the necessary procedures. “Well, the usual ...

Fela Kuti remains Nigeria’s most famous musician. He pioneered Afrobeat – a genre blending jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, traditional West African chant and rhythms – into conscious music in the 60s ...

LAGOS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - An exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has opened in Lagos in Nigeria, marking the African debut of an event first developed by the ...

“We dey shout dey talk dey say (we be giant of Africa)/Na to run mouth we dey o, na to make mouth we sabi; We no know how many we be, we go dey claim giant of Africa/Na which kain giant country be ...

Obama did not hold back while showering praises on Fela in a new podcast released in honour of one of Nigeria’s greatest musicians of all time. Obama described the late Nigerian music icon as a ...