Music cannot change the world,” says Seun Kuti, matter-of-factly. It’s a surprising sentiment, coming from the son of Fela ...

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Seun Kuti explains why he sees Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu as political equals, criticises ‘big man-ism’ and urges Africans to ...

The Alabama rapper joined ‘The Almanac of Rap’ to reflect on her hometown honor — and the unexpected connection it shares with one of the internet’s most unforgettable cultural moments. African Dreams ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora & hip-hop's class acts. For Afrobeat enthusiasts, August 2nd is observed as the anniversary of ...

Audio for First Listens is no longer available after the album's release. Here's the starting point for the story of Seun Kuti: He's the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. He began playing ...

Nigeria's Fela Kuti was the creator of Afrobeat, a funky, brassy, fiercely political style of music that earned a worldwide following before Fela's death in 1997. That following has only grown in the ...

Seun Kuti, the last son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, has finally reacted to viral reports that he left Peller’s wedding in anger. According to the viral reports on social media, Seun angrily left ...

The baritone saxophonist quit sometime during Seun Kuti’s current world tour. He had other opportunities, and took off. Seun admits he panicked. The bari sax is crucial in Afrobeat: Fela Kuti himself, ...

Seun Kuti is a chip off the old block: inheriting his father Fela Kuti's band Egypt 80, pushing at the edges of but staying more or less within Afrobeat's classic instrumental paradigm, ...