Fela Kuti finally gets a welcome home
- 02 Nov 2012 11:46 - Monica Mark
- Fifteen years after his death, the man who was a thorn in the side of officials in Nigeria has been honoured by the authorities with whom he tangled.
Like father, like Seun
- 21 Apr 2011 00:00 -
- Seun Kuti shares his views on politics, the Egypt 80 big band and the long shadow cast by his father.
Fela Kuti's cousin carries on a lonely struggle in Nigeria
- 28 Mar 2011 11:39 - Susan Njanji
- After years of furthering her family's tradition of activism, Yemisi Ransome-Kuti decided to take her struggle to the campaign trail.
Fela's fella comes out fighting
- 23 Nov 2010 15:30 - Percy Zvomuya
- Afro-Cuban scholar takes on Broadway and rails against the West.
Fela Kuti's biographer sues over musical
- 12 Nov 2010 00:00 - Amelia Hill
- An award-winning American musical based on Fela Kuti's life has been lavishly praised. But the production has been hit with a $5-million lawsuit.
Broadway's Nigerian fellow
- 04 Dec 2009 11:08 - Adekeye Adebajo
- Fela! brings the story of African superstar Fela Anikulapo Kuti to the mainstream.
Cross-continental jams
- 07 Oct 2008 06:00 - Robin Denselow
- Fela Kuti will be "dancing in his grave". That's what his son, Femi, says. The reason? A special concert outside Femi's own Afrika Shrine this month.
