Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award – Al Jazeera

Three decades after his death, the ‘father of Afrobeat’ Fela Kuti has made history by becoming the first African to get a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.

The Nigerian musician, who died in 1997, posthumously received the commendation along with several other artists at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday, on the eve of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

For his family and friends – some of whom were in attendance – it is an honour they hope will help amplify Fela’s music, and…