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<p>Fela Kuti Box Set – The Legacy</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-box-set-the-legacy/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-box-set-the-legacy/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-bo</span><span class="invisible">x-set-the-legacy/</span></a></p><p>The Fela Kuti Box Set curated by Idris Elba is out now! In addition, a short documentary entitled “Fela Kuti: The Legacy” is available for viewing (below), revealing the Afrobeat pioneer’s cultural impact.</p><p>Directed by Kayode Thomas, it delves into the profound influence Fela had on fashion, style, and culture, as well as his impactful […]</p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</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>Fela Kuti – Birth Anniversary</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/birth-anniversary-fela-kuti/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/birth-anniversary-fela-kuti/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/birth-annive</span><span class="invisible">rsary-fela-kuti/</span></a></p><p>This is the anniversary of Fela Kuti‘s birth (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997).</p><p>Regarded, with Tony Allen, as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, he was referred to as one of Africa’s most “challenging and charismatic music performers,” at the height of his popularity.</p><p>For this birth anniversary, it’s also important to remember that […]</p><p><a href="/tags/aids/" rel="tag">#AIDS</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>Gangbé Brass Band – Remember Fela</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/whendo-gangbe-brass-band-remember-fela/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/whendo-gangbe-brass-band-remember-fela/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/whendo-gangb</span><span class="invisible">e-brass-band-remember-fela/</span></a></p><p>Remember Fela is from Gangbé’s album Whendo in 2004, a tribute to Fela Kuti by the Beninese Brass Band.</p><p><a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/brassband/" rel="tag">#BrassBand</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Ezra Collective – Lady</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ezra-collective-lady/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ezra-collective-lady/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ezra-collect</span><span class="invisible">ive-lady/</span></a></p><p>“Our band has been paying tribute to Fela Kuti’s music since we first started releasing music,” Femi Koleoso, leader of the Afro-fusion quintet Ezra Collective, said.</p><p>A refreshing take by Ezra Collective on Fela Kuti’s 1972 classic, “Lady,” commissioned by the Fela Kuti estate, this record is part of the re-issue of Fela Kuti’s 1972 […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Fela Anikulapo Kuti - First European Tour (1981)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ops4V7S9tsc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ops4V7S9tsc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ops4V7</span><span class="invisible">S9tsc</span></a></p><p>&quot;Exclusive musical documentary made in March 1981 during the First European Tour of Fela and the Africa 70. The concert was recorded at Forest National in Brussels on March 18, 1981.&quot;</p><p>More on AMF: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tag/felakuti/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tag/felakuti/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tag/felakuti</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a></p>

<p>Fela Kuti – Yellow Fever</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-yellow-fever/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-yellow-fever/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-ye</span><span class="invisible">llow-fever/</span></a></p><p>“Yellow Fever”, released in 1976, is a scathing criticism of post-colonial Nigerians who cannot shake their “colonial mentality.” Fela rails on Nigerian (and African) women who bleach their skin as an act of beauty, contemptuously adding that, despite what they think, it only makes them less attractive.</p><p>Fela deplores the fashion among African women for […]</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></p>

<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>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>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>Fela Kuti was back in the headlines earlier this year when he was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys. Femi and his siblings accepted the award on behalf of their father, making Fela Kuti the first African artist to receive the honor.</p><p>“It has sealed my father’s legacy in the most prestigious awards in the world,” he tells NL Times. His father’s influence on global music and political expression remains profound, and Femi continues to build on that foundation. Not only has he pushed the genre forward while staying true to his artistic origins, his son, Mádé Kuti, is also continuing the legacy of social commentary.</p><p>Femi Kuti and The Positive Force begin the Journey Through Life tour with a run of four dates in the Netherlands: Arnhem on April 2, Alkmaar on April 3, The Hague on April 4, and Maastricht on April 6. Tickets range from 28 to 36 euros, and are available via the respective venues’ websites. The musicians will then continue their tour across Germany, France, Belgium, and the UK.</p><p><a href="https://nltimes.nl/2026/03/30/femi-kuti-kicks-european-tour-netherlands-week" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nltimes.nl/2026/03/30/femi-kuti-kicks-european-tour-netherlands-week"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nltimes.nl/2026/03/30/femi-kut</span><span class="invisible">i-kicks-european-tour-netherlands-week</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/femikuti/" rel="tag">#FemiKuti</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/african/" rel="tag">#african</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/belgium/" rel="tag">#belgium</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/netherlands/" rel="tag">#netherlands</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>