Nigerian musician Fela Kuti is an iconic figure of Afrobeat, and the cover art for his albums was as dynamic as his music. Meet Lemi, the artist behind the most memorable of these covers.

NPR's Madeleine Brand visits an art exhibit dedicated to Fela Kuti, the Nigerian king of Afrobeat music. The exhibition at New York City's New Museum features sculptures and paintings inspired by ...

Before “Fela!” arrived onstage at Olney Theatre Center last week, more than a decade had passed since the Tony-winning Afrobeat musical — about the art and activism of the late Nigerian ...

(Fela’s youngest son, Seun Kuti, also is an established Afrobeat artist.) As a kid, Made grew up immersed in the art and activism of the New Afrika Shrine, ...

Fela Kuti has inspired musicians from all over the world from Burna Boy and Beyoncé, ... Afrobeat roots itself in West African rhythms and melody, textually on African verbal art, ...

Kuti is the son of Fela Kuti, ... This post was updated April 20 at 10:20 p.m. Seun Kuti is hoping to remind audiences of the intersection between art and social justice.

Object Details Author Olaniyan, Tejumola Subject Fela 1938-1997 Contents Introduction : "Living in the interregnum" : Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the postcolonial incredible -- The "apolitical" avant-pop ...

Tony Allen, who drummed his way out of Lagos, Nigeria, with Fela Kuti to become an architect of the Afrobeat sound, has died. He was 79. Allen’s work on percussion starting in the mid-1960s set ...

Fela Kuti was born royalty, despite coming from a middle class family. One of those gifted spirits whose very presence teems with potency, Olufela Olusegun Oludan Ransome-Kuti (Fela to his friends and ...

Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, lovingly known as the “Father of Afrobeat” died on Thursday evening at the age of 79, ... Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Gene Krupa, ...

The documentary "Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon," about the Afrobeat pioneer, screens Thursday in the Black World Cinema Series.