Pulse Music Editor, Joey Akan, recounts his visit to Fela Kuti's home, 20 years after the death of the Nigerian music legend. When Fela Kuti died of AIDS in 1997, I was a 6 year old with barely any ...

Late Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician and human right activist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, passed on 22 years ago today. Here are seven(7) things you may not know about his death: 1. Fela Kuti’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. For Afrobeat enthusiasts, August 2nd is observed as the ...

Wednesday, 2nd of August 2017, marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Nigeria’s Afrobeat legend and human rights activist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. On August 2, 1997, the enigma who painted himself ...

Born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti in 1938 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Fela Kuti grew to live a colourful, controversial, engaging and distinctive The man who pioneered the genre, Afrobeat was ...

, fascinated millions and had fans around the world, including legends like Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Yet he was, and still is, largely unknown to popular audiences, especially in the United ...

Entertainment maverick Charly boy and the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), on Wednesday eulogised late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, exactly two decades after his demise. Charly Boy described ...

Alex Gibney turns his cameras on the legend of Feli Kuti and the Jay-Z/Will Smith-produced Broadway musical, "Fela!" By Chris O'Falt Finding Fela Sundance Film Still - H 2014 The Broadway smash told ...

Twenty years ago, the AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot unveiled Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, a tribute record that recruited over three dozen artists in celebration of the ...

Nigerian singer and producer, Dede Mabiaku has shared insight on the death of veteran Afro-music singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Sharing his version, he hinted that Fela did not die of AIDS, but was ...

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 ...

Calling Bill T. Jones, creator/director/ choreographer of new Broadway musical Fela!, a Renaissance man would be an understatement. He's the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur "genius" grant, ...