FULL LIST: Top 10 Fela Kuti songs – The Nation Newspaper

A shirtless man with face paint holds a microphone and stands on stage, wearing a necklace, against a reddish background—a scene reminiscent of Fela Kuti songs featured in The Nation Newspaper’s Top 10 list.

Fela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, the popular musician and activist who created the Afrobeat music movement, has remained the subject of global obsession.

In the past few days, the social media space has been rife with repeated comparisons between Afrobeats singer Ayodeji “Wizkid” Balogun and Fela Kuti by Wizkid’s fanbase, known as Wizkid FC.

Seun Kuti, Fela’s son, has consistently argued that such comparisons are disrespectful, insisting that his father’s legacy goes beyond music to political activism and…