Thirty years after his death, Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Grammys.
He’ll be the first African to achieve the honour since the award was introduced in 1963.
Kuti pioneered the Afrobeat style in the 1960s and ’70s with drummer Tony Allen, fusing influences from West African music with American soul, funk and jazz.
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