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Kuti, Made Kuti, has addressed those attacking his marriage to his wife, Inedoye Onyenso.
The Lagos State government is set to take part in the upcoming African Cultural Festival (ACF), starting from September 19 to 21, 2025 in Pennsylvania, United States of America, to showcase its ...
One Nigerian Afrobeat artist is doing both – carrying forward the activist spirit that shaped his family’s work. Ọmọ́rìnmádé Kútì, also known as Mádé, comes from one of the most ...
The fun carries on tomorrow with a DJ set by dance music icons Jungle, joined by Afrobeat superstars Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, as ...
Ghanaian highlife and Afrobeat artiste Eric Opoku, popularly known as Ricky, has opened up about the reasons behind his ...
Made was a toddler when his grandfather died in 1997. But Made’s father, Fela’s oldest son Femi, has kept the Afrobeat message alive in more recent decades as the leader of his own band, The ...
Fela Kuti’s legacy plays out in music, in politics and even in food, with Nigerian restaurants paying homage to him on their menus.
He says that 'Afrobeat' is Fela Kuti and years went by (after Fela died), and Nigerian musicians started dropping music that was becoming something. Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, was a global ...
RnB v Afrobeat's MEGA Night at Labyrinth Taunton, Taunton | Fri 29 August 2025: Find event lineups and buy tickets in our 'What's On at Labyrinth Taunton Taunton' events Guide ...
Kuti was signed to Motown Records in 1994 and his music blends Afrobeat with more current soul, R&B and jazz. He's worked with rappers Mos Def and Common and continues to explore his music and ...
Mysterious collective Goat dropped one of 2012’s most coveted pieces of vinyl with World Music, a damn-near indescribable collision of searing psych-metal, trance-inducing Afrobeat congas ...