The people loved seeing an Englishman in Africa 70. They couldn’t believe it at first. Oyinbo (white man) drummer! They would come and press money on my forehead. It was a mark of approval. It would ...
On 18 February 1977 a thousand soldiers from the Nigerian army stormed a communal compound in Lagos that outlaw bandleader Fela Kuti had declared his own independent state: the Kalakuta Republic. They ...
Featuring fan-favorite tracks "Call Me Baby," "Isabella," and "Dark 2 Light," the project marks a new chapter for the ...
Nigerian musical deity and Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti was not born to live an ordinary life, and he knew it. In his biography by Carlos Moore, Fela stated that from the moment he drew his ...
Joni Haastrup started out singing spot-on covers of James Brown and Wilson Pickett in Lagos bars in the mid-1960s. But with his own band, MonoMono, he became part of a movement to fuse soul, funk and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2Baba, Tiwa Savage, and Shatta Wale Most people confuse Afrobeat and Afrobeats but don’t know that the two are predominantly ...
Music was invented/discovered. About 60000 years passed and these Nigerian geniuses Fela and Tony came to LA and fell in love with Black American Music, so they fused it with High Life and Yoruba ...
The Philharmonie de Paris is devoting an exhibition to the king of Afrobeat. Produced in close collaboration with his immediate friends and family, it fervently conveys the Nigerian musician’s sense ...
In the ever-evolving world of Afrobeat and Highlife music, one name is gradually carving a distinct and unforgettable mark—AGHA DANIEL, known by his stage name, Dancleph. Hailing from Afikpo in Ebonyi ...
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