With his new album, Mádé Kútì, grandson of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kútì, asks listeners to go deep: How can you be a ...

Son of Femi Kuti and grandson of Afrobeat progenitor Fela Kuti, Mádé Kuti has unveiled an inventive new album, 'Chapter 1: ...

The Big Brother Naija Season 10 launch continues tonight with the arrival of the male housemates, following Saturday night’s ...

Afrobeat 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 ...

Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Ransome-Kuti has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2021, more than two decades after his death.

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 ...

Afrobeat at Its Deceptively Simple Essence Tony Allen has operated at the heart of Afrobeat's cosmopolitan renewal, collaborating with A-list electronica and hip-hop producers. Now, on his own, he ...

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.

“Do you believe in retribution,” he asks on “Wait And See”. What might have been an invitation to fight from his elders here becomes a philosophic enquiry, one that soon yields to a delightful tenor ...