Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West ...

Considered the father of Afrobeat, Kuti used his music in the 1970s to combat colonial values and brutal dictatorship. Podcaster Jad Abumrad tells his story in the series, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man.

Nigeria's Afrobeat king Fela Kuti was on Saturday evening posthumously recognised by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement ...

Fela Kuti has become the first African to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards ...

Tributes have been pouring in from across Ghana and the world since the death of Ghanaian highlife legend Ebo Taylor. Born ...

Thirty years after his death, Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this ...

Nigeria's president pays tribute to Fela Kuti after Grammys Award ...

Discover why Fela Kuti lives on as a global icon. News explores the musical legacy and political activism of Nigeria’s ultimate Afrobeat legend.

Considered the father of Afrobeat, Nigerian musician Fela Kuti used his music in the 1970s to combat colonial values and brutal dictatorship. Former Radiolab host Jad Abumrad tells his story in the ...

Nigeria's Afrobeat king Fela Kuti will this weekend be posthumously recognised by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement ...

In Nigeria's capital, a rock musician is taking to the streets with roses and a guitar to remind people to slow down and feel ...

Three decades after his death, the legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has made history as the first African artist to receive a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Recording ...