In late July 1971, on an unseasonably cold London day, a 12-piece band from Lagos, Nigeria arrived at Abbey Road Studios for two recording sessions. The band was called the Africa ‘70, and they were ...

With his posthumous induction into the glamorous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nigeria’s Afrobeat music genre pioneer and one of Africa’s greatest music icons, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, became the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fela Kuti live at The Academy, Brixton, London 1983. (© Redferns - David Corio) After a lifetime of clashes with successive powers ...

Over the weekend, Nigerian music legend Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. In recognition of this honor, KCRW and Talkhouse welcomed Fela's ...

Los Angeles will honor Fela Kuti's GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, January 31st, with a special event at The Paramount. The performance on Saturday will also feature very special guests ...

In December, the late Nigerian superstar became the first African pop star to get a Grammy lifetime achievement award. Now he ...

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and Nigerian-British soul icon Sade Adu have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

Nearly three decades after his death in 1997, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti remains one of Nigeria’s greatest musicians. Famous for pairing his music with human rights activism, he stood against dictatorship ...