Fela Ransome Kuti is the patriarch of Afro-Beat, with his soaring saxophone and socially aware messages. Today's Top Tune is culled from a new compilation, Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970's ...

The story of Na Teef Know De Road of Teef could have ended 35 years ago. Had it not been for Frank Gossner (aka DJ Soulpusher of voodoofunk.com), a dedicated cratedigger – who, in 2005, found a copy ...

Allen recorded over 30 albums with Fela and Africa '70. Today he talks about the guiding process and his journey so far. Tony Allen For many years, Tony Allen had Fela’s back. The legendary drummer ...

Like, really change the world?” Abumrad, one of our most distinctive podcast-makers, is a natural guide to Fela Kuti’s story. On “Radiolab,” the public-radio science show that Abumrad founded, ...

KCRW’s relationship with Fela Kuti goes back to 1980, when KCRW’s Tom Schnabel and Roger Steffens were connected with the mighty Afrobeat innovator while he was still imprisoned in Nigeria. Six years ...

In the 20th century, Africa produced several significant political figures. Influential leaders, like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and Nelson Mandela of South Africa, were among ...

Knitting Factory Records is very excited to announce that the second set of Fela Kuti reissues will be released on May 11, 2010. Once again, as the reissues are being made available in mostly ...

“We dey shout dey talk dey say (we be giant of Africa)/Na to run mouth we dey o, na to make mouth we sabi; We no know how many we be, we go dey claim giant of Africa/Na which kain giant country be ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...