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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 ...
Afrobeat singer and activist Seun Kuti has opened up about his late father, the legendary Fela Kuti, and how he was raised. S peaking during his recent Instagram live session, Seun revealed that ...
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 ...
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 ...
Afrobeat mainstay Seun Kuti (son of Fela) shares songs that inspired him through the recording process for his new LP with Egypt 80 — “Heavier Yet.” ...
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 ...
Sen Kuti opened his set with a performance of ‘Everything Scatter,’ a hit song by his father, afrobeat legend Fela Kuti.
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 ...