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Fela Kuti

A ‘beautiful time to be African’ as Afrobeats sweeps triumphantly across the world music scene

Africa

A ‘beautiful time to be African’ as Afrobeats sweeps triumphantly across the world music scene

By Phillip van Niekerk and Idoko Salihu

2022 Grammys – what Fela Kuti has to do with West Africa’s growing pop fame

Magazine

2022 Grammys – what Fela Kuti has to do with West Africa’s growing pop fame

By Sanya Osha

'Fela! The Musical' comes to South Africa - well, kinda...

Media

'Fela! The Musical' comes to South Africa - well, kinda...

By Alex Eliseev

Musical on Nigerian Afro-beat legend scoops 11 Tony nods

Media

Musical on Nigerian Afro-beat legend scoops 11 Tony nods

By Branko Brkic