afrobeat

<p>Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has become the first African artist honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy.</p><p>He received his posthumous award during the 2026 Special Merit Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on 01/31/2026, alongside other international heavyweights, including Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Cher, and Paul Simon.</p><p>That award was received by his sons, Femi and Seun Kuti.</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/1/fela-kuti-becomes-first-african-to-get-grammys-lifetime-achievement-award" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/1/fela-kuti-becomes-first-african-to-get-grammys-lifetime-achievement-award"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/</span><span class="invisible">1/fela-kuti-becomes-first-african-to-get-grammys-lifetime-achievement-award</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/grammys/" rel="tag">#Grammys</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>Kokoroko – We Give Thanks</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-give-thanks/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-give-thanks/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-</span><span class="invisible">give-thanks/</span></a></p><p>8-piece band Kokoroko released their long-awaited debut album “Could We Be More” in August 2022.</p><p>Could We Be More is an expansive and ambitious album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko.</p><p>Each song possesses the energy which so naturally underpins the heartbeat of Kokoroko’s identity – deftly moving through afrobeat, highlife, soul, and funk across […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a></p>

<p>Fela Kuti – Shuffering &amp; Shmiling</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-shuffering-shmiling/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-shuffering-shmiling/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-sh</span><span class="invisible">uffering-shmiling/</span></a></p><p>From the LP “Shuffering and Shmiling” in 1978. Listen to the full track (21 minutes long), originally spanning two sides…</p><p>As Fela progressed as an artist, he also evolved into a political and social tour de force in Nigeria. In “Shuffering and Shmiling”, an expansive track spanning two sides and reaching over 20 minutes in […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a></p>

<p>Kujenga – Ransome</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kujenga-ransome/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kujenga-ransome/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kujenga-rans</span><span class="invisible">ome/</span></a></p><p>Ransome, by the SouthAfrican improvised music collective Kujenga, is a tribute song to Fela Kuti released in August 2025. It’s part of their EP “Common Ground.”</p><p>Common Ground is a small collection of songs written and inspired by different traditions of African music. It was recorded live in the church halls of […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>As you probably already know, following the posts here, I would never write this phrase: &quot;his [Fela Kuti] influence persisted in contemporary Nigerian music, now called Afrobeats.&quot; Never...</p><p><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2026/03/afrobeats-after-fela" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2026/03/afrobeats-after-fela"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2026/03/af</span><span class="invisible">robeats-after-fela</span></a></p><p>BTW, Amapiano, used extensively in Wizkid&#x27;s album, is from South Africa...</p><p><a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</a></p>

<p>BANTU – Disrupt The Programme</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bantu-disrupt-the-programme/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bantu-disrupt-the-programme/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bantu-disrup</span><span class="invisible">t-the-programme/</span></a></p><p>“Disrupt the Programme” was the first single from Bantu’s Everybody Get Agenda album in 2020, a few months before the EndSARS social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria that occurred in October of 2020.</p><p>The Lagos-based 13-piece band BANTU is led by Nigerian German singer and social activist Ade Bantu. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Dele Sosimi &amp; Estuary 21</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-estuary-21/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-estuary-21/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-</span><span class="invisible">estuary-21/</span></a></p><p>Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi, known as Dele Sosimi, the UK based Afrobeat ambassador, former band member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 and co-founder with Femi Kuti of the Positive Force finally unleashed his full debut album with The Estuary 21, entitled The Confluence LP in April 2024.</p><p>Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi’s new album ‘The Confluence’ has […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Fela Kuti – Everything Scatter</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-everything-scatter/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-everything-scatter/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-ev</span><span class="invisible">erything-scatter/</span></a></p><p>2 songs are included in this 1975 LP: Everything Scatter / Who No Know Go Know.</p><p>Everything Scatter is about the person and actions of Fela and the members of Kalakuta Republic, which for a long time has become cause for controversy among the Nigerian public. Singing the song in the manner of a story […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Orlando Julius, titan of Nigerian music</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/orlando-julius-titan-of-nigerian-music/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/orlando-julius-titan-of-nigerian-music/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/orlando-juli</span><span class="invisible">us-titan-of-nigerian-music/</span></a></p><p>African music pioneer, titan of Nigerian music around the world, mixing highlife and other African styles with American influences, Orlando Julius helped Fela Kuti form his early band Koola Lobitos and collaborated with Hugh Masekela &amp; Lamont Dozier.</p><p>Orlando Julius made his debut as a musician in the 1950s in [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/orlandojulius/" rel="tag">#OrlandoJulius</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>