Tag: FELA KUTI
I don’t trust you, Burna Boy tells Sowore
Singer Burna Boy has told Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore that he does not trust him or any other Nigerian politician.
The 29-year-old spoke via...
Sowore challenges Burna Boy to join #RevolutionNow protest
Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore has called on singer Burna Boy to join the #RevolutionNow protest planned for October 1.
Sowore made the call in...
Burna Boy rejects comparison with Fela
Afro-fusion singer, Burna Boy has rejected comparison between him and Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Speaking in a feature titled Burna Boy, Global Giant in...
Seun Kuti knocks woman for blaming family’s misfortune on Fela
Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has knocked a woman for blaming her family’s misfortune on his late father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Seun, 37, shared a video on...
Naomi Campbell can say whatever she likes about Afrobeats – Seun...
Afrobeat star, Seun
Kuti, was a guest at QedTV on Wednesday, January 29, 2020.
Speaking with Olumide Iyanda, the 37-year-old dismisses Afrobeats as a music genre,...
Lagos government denies destroying Fela’s effigy, Awo’s statue
The Lagos State Government has debunked reports that it destroyed the effigy of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, and the late politician, Chief...
Beko Ransome-Kuti’s widow is dead
Bose, the widow of the late human rights activist, Beko Ransome-Kuti, has died.
Bose Ransome-Kuti died on Tuesday night aged 74.
Her death comes 13 years...
Fela didn’t know Burna Boy’s mum – Seun Kuti
Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, has debunked suggestion that Burna Boy’s mum, Bose Ogulu, danced for his father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Seun made the statement in replies...
Death and the legacy of Fela Kuti
By Toni Kan
Death,
many people say, can be the biggest career move and for proof they point to
Michael Jackson who was mired in debt at...
Fela’s collaborator, Ginger Baker, is dead
British
drummer, Ginger Baker, renown for his collaboration with Fela Kuti and others,
has died at the age of 80.
Baker’s Facebook
page said he “passed away...