Fela
The Night Aṣa refused Paris and sang Lagos into eternity
Night in Lagos is a theatre that never sleeps, but on some evenings, it sharpens into something more than noise.…
Burna Boy’s Lagos Blues: Before the Grammys, there was Struggle
Lagos is not kind to dreamers. The city carries its own pulse—a soundscape of danfo horns, market women’s bargaining cries,…
Majek Fashek and the Rain that never stopped falling
There are nights in Nigeria’s memory where music and weather blur, when sound seems to summon sky. Among those nights,…
80’s Afrobeat, 2000s Big 4, new Big 3: Tracing the three Eras of Nigerian Pop Dynasty
Every dynasty begins with a rhythm. In Nigeria, that rhythm has never belonged to one artist or one era—it has…
Fela was poor, struggled to feed his family – Femi Kuti
Grammy-nominated Afrobeat musician Femi Kuti has revealed that his late father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, was poor and, at some…
Wizkid’s Ojuelegba and its connection to Lagos Military Rule in the 1970s
The year was 1971, and Lagos was a city gasping under the weight of its own contradictions. Soldiers manned checkpoints…
Why I left Fela’s band – Femi Kuti reveals
Femi Kuti, a popular Nigerian musician and the first son of the Afrobeat founder, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has revealed why…
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