In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. Among the musicians working the clubs in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, was a young British emigre named John ...

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

Yannis Philippakis was one of the last musicians to record with the late drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. Their collaboration was released as the five-song EP Lagos Paris London under Yannis & ...

That was its response after Afrobeats star Wizkid replied to Afrobeat legend’s son, Seun Kuti, with the unseemly “I big pass ...

In the pulsating heart of Lagos state, amidst the neon-lit streets and thumping beats, emerges a luminary of the electrifying music scene. CODE was born and raised in this eclectic metropolis, his ...

WHEN your favourite songs drop and you can’t help but hit replay, it’s easy to get caught up in the artistes’ voices and faces.

Three occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz were heading to work on a good Friday morning. One was the driver, another was the aide, and their oga patapata. They came to crawling traffic on George Street ...

DJ Amm blends traditional Afrobeat with deep house, bringing Benin's rich musical heritage to global dance floors. A journey of rhythm, identity, and cultural fusion.

Marvel’s Black Panther is once again roaring in multiplexes with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” opening Friday, and there will be much internet ink spilled over what life must be like in the ...

Nigerian musician and songwriter David Adedeji Adeleke, better known by his stage as Davido, announced to his followers on Twitter that he had surpassed artists such as Burna Boy, Wizkid, Rema, and ...

Back in the day, when Fela Kuti invented Afrobeat—and yes, unlike practically every other music to emerge in the 20th century, Afrobeat was indeed the creation of one person—the music served two ...

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 ...