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Fela Kuti

since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 21:50 UTC

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18 days ago

Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90 ⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 09 (Mon) @ 22:31 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history

Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor, a definitive force behind the highl…

26 days ago

Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⊕⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 01 (Sun) @ 12:55 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

52 days ago

‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations ⊕

found 2026 › Jan › 06 (Tue) @ 17:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partner…

14 months ago

‘This is incredible’: a new generation of music lovers discovers the 70s sounds of the Lijadu Sisters ○

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 10:22 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The twins shook up the music scene in Nigeria, becoming pop stars against the odds in a male-dominated industry. Now their five albums are being reissued

The sun is hot and traffic flows slowly as mus…

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