For practically every member of my generation, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s music, and his very inspired commitment to a vision of society that placed the interest of the people at the heart of governance, ...

In the 20th century, Africa produced several significant political figures. Influential leaders, like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and Nelson Mandela of South Africa, were among ...

Fela’s brief but eventful life and musical legacy are well documented in books, documentary films and exhibitions; indeed, Afrobeat rébellion, an ongoing nine-month-long celebration of his legacy at ...

I’d heard of Fela Kuti before I heard Fela. But when I finally made the discovery of Nigeria’s Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti aka Fela Anikulapo Kuti aka Fela, I was done for. Actually, that’s ...

“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 ...

The play, which tells the story of legendary musical icon and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, reveals the sensational life of the Queens of Kalakuta and unmasks common misconceptions about them. After ...

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was the Lady Gaga of Nigeria in the 1970s. The creator of Afrobeat, a fusion of jazz, funk, psychedelic rock and traditional West African chants and rhythms, Fela became an ...

Listen to an imagined set list for a supernatural juke joint featuring Albert King, Outkast, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more. By James Thomas Inspired by an ever-changing new documentary about the ...