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3 days ago · The annual music festival, Felabration, is set to take place from October 14 to 20, 2024, in celebration of the life and legacy of the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. This year’s theme, “Look and Laugh,” is inspired by Fela’s iconic song from 1980, which remains a powerful commentary on corruption and social justice.
1 day ago · Another new track, Good Blood Mexico City, veers from Fela Kuti-style sunshine guitar to hefty heavy metal thud. Through it all, Garvey beams like a big-bearded, big-hearted, benevolent uncle.
3 days ago · Above all, he is best known for his friendship and management of the late Afrobeat legend and activist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, from 1983 until Fela’s passing in 1997. Alongside the Kuti family ...
3 days ago · Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician. Speaking in a live Instagram video, Kuti said, “When Fela was the top musician in Nigeria, we were living with about 500 people in our house. All the money I was meant to inherit, Fela used it to cater for people. “Everyone in Kalakuta was receiving daily allowance and weekly salaries.
3 days ago · Felabration is an annual festival honouring Nigeria’s musical icon, Fela Anikulakpo Kuti. Conceived by Yeni Kuti in 1998, this celebration of Fela’s life and music has been held annually ...
2 days ago · 2 minute read. Grammy-nominated singer, Seun Kuti, has revealed how his late father and pioneer of Afrobeat music, Fela Anikulapo Kuti left him with no inheritance. Seun recounted that when he was a pupil his daily allowance was bigger than his teacher’s salary but when his father died he left him with no inheritance due to his (Fela Kuti’s ...
3 days ago · Speaking in a video message shared via his Instagram account, Kuti said, “When Fela was the top musician in Nigeria, we were living with about 500 people in our house. All the money I was meant ...