Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has revealed how his father’s presence impacted the white women who visited their home. During an Instagram live session, Seun shared that Fela would often ...

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat, built an international legacy long before The Recording Academy acknowledged it ...

Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician whose sound and politics reshaped modern African music, has been named the first African ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

Ghariokwu Lemi 'Africa’s King of Album Covers' Clocks 70 . Click to read more about Ghariokwu Lemi Fela Kuti on EURweb | ...

There is no Afrobeats genre. Only Afrobeat, created by Fela Kuti, and passed on through generations as an African identity. Pop music in Africa, by Africans, for the world is ‘Pop Music’. But in all ...

Kuti in 1978 shocked all and sundry by marrying all his 27 female band members and living with them in the same house. Photo: Courtesy. Celebrated Nigerian pop star and inventor of afro-beat, a genre ...

Allen recorded over 30 albums with Fela and Africa '70. Today he talks about the guiding process and his journey so far. Tony Allen For many years, Tony Allen had Fela’s back. The legendary drummer ...

Additional reporting and research from John Kennedy. Sometimes serendipity looks just like an empty bank account. At least it did for Fela Kuti. Following a series of self-funded U.S. shows with his ...

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was an unlikely opposition leader. A musical mastermind who once married 27 women on the same day in an idiosyncratic protest at government harassment, he was compulsive and ...