After an intercontinental battle to figure himself out, Obongjayar is thriving in his own skin and picking up famous fans as ...

Sandra Izsadore influenced Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti during his 1969 U.S. visit. While not its creator, her impact on the genre ...

Nigerian singer Davido finally linked up with Bright Chimezie in Lagos. OBO treated the highlife music icon to a presidential ...

Considering the worldwide influence that the late Fela Kuti's Afrobeat music has had on everyone from the Talking Heads to ...

Seun Kuti will bring his seven-piece Afrobeat band from Nigeria to the Arts Campus at Willits. Kuti, is the youngest son of ...

GHANAIAN artiste manager and CEO of BKC Music, Michael Asante, has revealed that managing musicians in the country involves ...

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 from ...

Some kids bond with their parents through sport, or perhaps a hobby. Seun Kuti bonded with his dad through music. Not just listening to certain bands, or collecting records, but playing and ...

Wretch 32's "Home?" album blends Afrobeat and grime with raw reflections on identity, migration and what it means to belong.

Although it feels like ages since Afrobeat champions Bengali 600 have been on the scene, it’s not like they’ve just been sitting around on their asses. Nope, nuh-uh. This weekend, the Orlando ...

Multi-Grammy-nominated artiste Femi Kuti, and son of the legendary Fela Kuti, has refuted claims that the late ace drummer Tony Allen co-pioneered the Afrobeat genre with his father. Afrobeat was ...

Femi's own music awards are scattered around, recognition for his determination to keep fighting the good fight his Afrobeat legend father was known for -- calling out corruption and injustice in ...