Shaffy Bello claims Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, and Asake now stand alongside Fela Kuti, amidst recent criticism from Seun ...

The late Afrobeat pioneer and political activist is recognized decades after his death for reshaping global music and using sound as a tool of resistance. Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician whose sound ...

The Recording Academy has announced Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti as a Special Merit Awards honoree at the 2026 Grammy Awards, nearly three decades after his death. Fela, who died on 2 August ...

People with pure souls are not individuals who have never experienced the hardships and darkness of life. They are not ignorant to the way the world typically is, which is a common misconception.

Fela Kuti was a pioneering musician and complex man, and this new 12-part series “leaves no stone unturned” in bringing his story to life, said Fiona Sturges in the Financial Times. The so-called ...

The "Afrobeat Rebellion" exhibition, organised by the French Embassy and the Kuti family, builds on one held in Paris in 2022 and coincides with the launch of the week-long "Felabration" festival that ...

Lagos is set to witness a cultural homecoming as the Fela Anikulapo Kuti: Afrobeat Rebellion exhibition arrives in Africa for the first time. Originally designed and staged at the Philharmonie de ...

Nigerian singer and dancer Yeni Kuti, daughter of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has revealed intimate details of her late mother’s sex life. Yeni’s mum, Remilekun Anikulapo-Kuti, was Fela’s first wife.

For many, the term “pidgin English” evokes awkward, broken speech — an ungainly linguistic legacy that is neither “pure” English nor standard in any sense. In Shanghai, however, its local incarnation, ...

Fela Anikulapo Kuti—the Afrobeat pioneer—is often celebrated for his music, political courage, and defiant spirit. Yet, to truly grasp his genius, one must go beyond the musician and recognise him as ...

In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and creative capital, food is doing something unusual. It’s keeping alive the spirit of a musician. For me the new Lagos trend raises a question: do these culinary ...

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