Kronos Quartet isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when the Nigerian bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti is mentioned. Afrobeat, funk, protest, defiance and dancing are a lot closer to the top ...

Let's Start; Black Man's Cry; Ye Ye De Smell; Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die); Ginger Baker and Tony Allen drum solo (live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1978). Fela Ransome-Kuti: voice; Tunde ...

Comedian Lauren Davis keeps it cute and cultured—art openings, spas, and zero chaos. The new release will feature extended live renditions of tunes like the Nigerian Civil War inspired "Just Like That ...

A previously unreleased drum solo featuring Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and Cream’s Ginger Baker has been unearthed for a 50th anniversary reissue of Fela Kuti’s Live!, arriving November 19th via ...

This article originally appeared in the July 1986 issue of SPIN. Nigeria’s Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, political gadfly, king of Afrobeat, and preeminent pan-Africanist, regained his freedom when Nigerian ...

The Shakespeare Theatre offers a simulcast screening of Fela!, last year’s rousing Tony Award-winning musical, which recently transferred from Broadway to London’s West End. The musical blends dance, ...

Lagos celebrates Fela Kuti with a vibrant week of music, art, and pan-African spirit at the New Afrika Shrine.

The "King of Afrobeat", "Black President", activist and legendary musician Fela Kuti has returned to his hometown and Nigeria ...

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 ...

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