Tag: Fela Kuti
AFRICAN MUSIC
Exocé: “I am the one who grants wishes”
Multidisciplinary artist, dancer and performer, Natisa Exocé Kasongo was born in 1995. He lives and works in Berlin. " As Sun Ra said,...
AFROBEATS
The daughters and sons of Fela in African Pop
Decades after his death, Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s most famous musician continues to live on through his art. Afrobeat, a genre...
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Nigerian icon Fela is long overdue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Scrolling through the comments made on YouTube on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s music, one comes across remarks such as: “The greatest unknown...
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From Nigeria to the world: Afrobeats is having a global moment
Another Grammy Awards season and there is a growing list of African nominees. For African music enthusiasts, it is heartwarming...
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2022 Grammys: what Fela Kuti has to do with West Africa’s growing pop fame
There are a record number of African nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards and they are almost all from West...
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The legacy of Nigerian music star Orlando Julius must not be overlooked
If there is one musician as commonly associated as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti with the West African musical movements Afrobeat and Afrobeats...
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100 years of pop music in Nigeria: what shaped four eras
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020 shut down nearly all physical and social...
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Setting the record straight: Burna Boy didn’t create a music genre called Afrofusion
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born in 1991 in Port Harcourt, the largest city in Rivers State in Nigeria. He...
AFROBEATS
‘The Devil’s Music’ No More: Inside Nigeria’s Rock Resurgence
In 2013, Bianca Okorocha, a Nigerian artist who performs as ClayRocksU, received a DM from one of her Twitter followers. It was an invitation to Metal...
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How Burna Boy set the world alight with his mixed brew of influences
Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy burst onto the global stage in 2018 with a slew of irresistible hits on his...