Emma-Jean Thackray tells Best Fit how centering herself on new album Weirdo helped her find her way through profound grief ...

When the Egypt 80 started off with a five-minute-long intro song, about 50 people were at the stage and maybe about 100 by the time Kuti arrived on stage. The Nigerian saxophonist and son of the late ...

The Nigerian saxophonist and son of the late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti didn’t appear to be discouraged as he danced around in his blue suit and was all smiles. He grabbed his saxophone and ...

In Nigeria, the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disburses funds to support local government activities and drive development in areas with high revenue potential. D Damilare Famuyiwa ...

What was Sahr Ngaujah's first West End show? Sahr Ngaujah's first West End show was Fela! which opened in 2010 What awards has Sahr Ngaujah been nominated for? Best Performance by an Actor in a ...

May 14 — The Skycoasters with Shine (Rock, pop, funk from Rochester). • May 15 — Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Afrobeat, funk from Lagos, Nigeria). • May 16 — The Aces (Alternative Pop ...

The first portent came via legendary African musician Fela Kuti. Who loudly proclaimed McCartney’s Lagos excursion as another example of a white artist “coming to steal a black man’s music." But the ...

But even before she was commissioned to paint former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait, she knew she'd have a major museum retrospective some day, and she came up with its title: American Sublime.

For example, the music of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti was an evolution of Oríkì praise poetry sung in small Yoruba villages that incorporates drums and dance, Rea explained. To reflect this ...

Watch on Deadline Nelson and London break down the cultural impact of funk, its connection to Afrofuturism and how Nigerian recording artist Fela Kuti took the music back to its African roots ...

Washington D.C. His Fela Kuti image is prominently featured in Burna Boy’s mega-Afrobeat hit song “Ye.” – TAYO is the illustrator behind the pictorial Black history walk map on a lectern ...