Fela Kuti’s legacy plays out in music, in politics and even in food, with Nigerian restaurants paying homage to him on their ...

Here's eight reasons to get out of the house and let live music cleanse your soul (or just have a relaxing night out). Hunter ...

By Moses Nosike Nigerian Afrobeat rising star, Flexzy Joe has released a gripping new single titled “ALMAJIRI” under Jehu ...

GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz, funk and West African music, and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela Kuti, helped create in the 1960s. Kuti spoke to us ...

Afrobeat, more than just a genre, has evolved into a culture, a movement, a pulse of identity stretching far beyond the shores of Africa. Its dawn is not merely marked by a new sound in the global ...

His five-track debut EP, “Get Layd,” also established him as an artist to watch in the Afrobeat scene. Lay won the Next Rated award at the 2020 Headies Awards.

If your dream is to eat a burger every day this week, we say go for it. But there are some pretty chill cultural supplements to this week's noshing, too. Femi Kuti will bring Afrobeat grooves to ...

So, if the big cat and friends are going out for a night of partying in Wakanda, it’s easy to imagine them winding down to Afrobeat but also South African Afro-pop and amapiano, an eclectic ...

Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat music legend Fela Kuti, performs in Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 29, 2013. Kuti was arrested after being accused of assaulting a police officer in the commercial hub of Lagos.

Afrobeat has elements of many different types of music that had spoken to him through the years, from jazz, funk and soul to traditional African music. "But it all just came together with the ...

Charles de Ledesma tells us about Afrobeat, the latest music trend in dance clubs in London. Afrobeat originated in Lagos, Nigeria in the late 1960s. It borrows heavily from American jazz, funk ...

People are drawn to Afrobeat music for two reasons, says saxophone player Leah Concialdi of the band ATOMGA: They are familiar with genre pioneer Fela Kuti and they enjoy Afrobeat's layered ...