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Fela Kuti's Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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Lagos State hails Fela Anikulapo-Kuti on historic ‘Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award’

The Lagos State Government has praised the late Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti after he was honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African artist to receive the…

Fela's Music Influences Generations 25 Years After Death

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How Fela’s Music Is Influencing New Generation of Artistes 25 Years After Death

Before becoming a larger-than-life character, musical icon, and post-colonial crusader whose brainchild has become one of the greatest musical exports from Africa and has dramatically impacted Nigerian music, Fela Akinkulapo-Kuti,…

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How Nigerian Idol Is Promoting African Music Legends

If there is any musician, dead or alive, who could best fit the description of “a force of nature”, it would be the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Regarded as…

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Nigerian Idol Season 6: Beyonce Evicted, As Contestants Pay Tribute To Fela With Electrifying Live Performances

With less than five weeks to go, the heat had intensified on Season 6 of Nigerian Idol, Africa’s biggest music talent show. Fans were clearly busy voting to keep their…

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Netng Exclusive: Family, friends react to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s big Fela blunder

Nigerians were left disappointed last week when this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) inductees were announced, and one of the greatest musicians of all time, Fela Kuti…

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“My Maternal Grandmother Saved My Life” – Femi Kuti

When you hear the Kuti name, you associate it with a certain quality of music and lifestyle. Fela Kuti was known for his political songs, revelry with women, and his…

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Remembering Olufela Kuti, The Man Who Pioneered Afrobeat

Anikulapo. No doubt, Nigerians really did believe that Fela Kuti held death in his pouch because when he died on August 2, 1997, the entire country was consumed with grief.…

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20 Facts About Tony Allen You Should Know

Pioneer Nigerian drummer and co-founder of the Afrobeat musical genre, Tony Allen died in Paris on Thursday, April 30, 2020, aged 79. His death is a big loss to the…

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Meet Made Kuti – The Next Afrobeat Star

Omorinmade Kuti, first son of Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti and grandson of Music Icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born to a long line of talented musicians. Popularly known as Made,…

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'I'm Not Fela And I Don't Want To Be Him' – Femi Kuti

Femi Kuti has once again replied to critics who continue to compare him to his late father and pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, Fela Anikulakpo – Kuti, Following the release…

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Lagos State hails Fela Anikulapo-Kuti on historic ‘Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award’

How Fela’s Music Is Influencing New Generation of Artistes 25 Years After Death

How Nigerian Idol Is Promoting African Music Legends

Nigerian Idol Season 6: Beyonce Evicted, As Contestants Pay Tribute To Fela With Electrifying Live Performances

Netng Exclusive: Family, friends react to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s big Fela blunder

“My Maternal Grandmother Saved My Life” – Femi Kuti

Remembering Olufela Kuti, The Man Who Pioneered Afrobeat

20 Facts About Tony Allen You Should Know

Meet Made Kuti – The Next Afrobeat Star

'I'm Not Fela And I Don't Want To Be Him' – Femi Kuti

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