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At the height of his creative powers, Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti dropped 'Mr Follow Follow', a hypnotic groove ...
The son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti brings his father's longtime band Egypt 80 to San Francisco to headline the ...
As artists and fans from across the globe are flocking to the desert for this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival ...
Hundreds jammed into an all-night concert hall in Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos for a festival celebrating the legacy of musical revolutionary Fela Kuti and his political activism. Kuti ...
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian startup Creele Animation Studios has unveiled first images and details for its upcoming 3D short Sopo, inspired by the early life of revered late Afrobeat star Fela Kuti. The Lagos ...
Sen Kuti opened his set with a performance of ‘Everything Scatter,’ a hit song by his father, afrobeat legend Fela Kuti.
Afrobeat meets animation in Nissi Ogulu’s ‘Sopo’ 3D animation on the early life of legendary Fela Aníkúlápó-Kuti.
“He would tell us about his powerful young son who was the second coming! Already being a student of Fela Kuti, I easily gravitated to Seun’s music!” Of Pos, Kuti says, “The best thing ...
In the 1960s, Nigerian drummer Tony Allen joined a band formed by the singer and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti. Together, the pair created Afrobeat: drawing on jazz and highlife styles ...
Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's ...
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