The Recording Academy presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti and ...

Award for late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the ‘anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment’.

'Finding Fela' is a documentary that explores Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's life, music, and political importance. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (1938 - 1997) needs no introduction as he remains one of the most popular ...

On December 19, the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was announced. The honor goes to Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and activist who died in 1997. He joins an ...

Former US President Barack Obama has paid tributes to legendary Fela Kuti, describing him as a “musical genius from Nigeria” who revolutionised music and activism. Obama’s tribute is part of a ...

Nigeria's Afrobeat king Fela Kuti will this weekend be posthumously recognised by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement ...