Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. The icon's colorful life and inspiring career is the focus of a new podcast series Fela Kuti: Fear No Man created by ...

This rousing celebration of Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti (1938–1997)—Afrobeat star, truth-teller, commune leader, and frequent “rascal”—blends brisk biographical storytelling with urgent cultural and political ...

In the 1970s, Afrobeat was inseparable from Fela’s identity. To say “Afrobeat” was to invoke his sound, his politics, his lifestyle, and his defiance. The genre was not plural. It was not diluted. It ...