FELABRATION: “Water No Get Enemy” is Fela’s Most Loved Song
By Pelu Awofeso
Nigerians have spoken: “Water No Get Enemy”, the hit song released by Fela Kuti and the Afrika 70 band has been voted as the best of the
“I was surprised to find that Nigeria produces so much rich music”–Toshi Endo
QnA with Toshi Endo (Japanese lecturer and Fela Scholar)
It’s amazing that a Japanese academic is so knowledgeable in African music. How did it all begin?
In the 1970s my
Fela’s Cross
“This country is bad!” cries Tony, one of the main characters in Cornel-Best Onyekaba’s punchy play, Fela: Son of Kuti. A moment later, he laments: “Our Republic is over. Kalakuta
Femi Kuti Turns 52
Femi Kuti, son of the late Afrobeat creator, Fela Kuti, turns 52 today, June 16. Waka-about was at the New Afrika Shrine in Ikeja (Lagos) on the eve of
Fela's People ("Everybody say: 'yeah, yeah'")
Anyone (and everyone) who is familiar with Fela’s music will know the phrase above: the late Afrobeat creator connected with his fans with it, and his listeners adored him enough
Inside the New Afrika Shrine
Afrika Shrine
By Pelu Awofeso
The air smells sweet inside the New Africa Shrine. “It’s Frankincense. You know, like you have in the Bible,” says
Fela, Preacher and Priest
By Majemite Jaboro
On October 15 2011, the Chief Priest Fela Anukulapo Kuti would have been 73 years old, if he had been alive. However, Last August I visited the
Fela, My Hero
By Azuka Jebose Molokwu
The Days of innocence
One early morning, during the harmattan period of January 1967, I rode in the company of a tall and beautiful lady