From work songs to hip-hop, 'call and response' shaped Black music

For Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison kicks off a weekly series with a deep dive into the history ...

‘Music is a weapon’: How Fela Kuti’s legacy earned a historic Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

From Lagos, Nigeria, to the global stage, Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat music challenged power and reshaped sound. The Grammys paid tribute with a Lifetime Achievement Award, now his son Femi Kuti and industry ...
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Fela Kuti makes history with posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Nigeria’s Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has been posthumously honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

Fela Kuti’s Grammy lifetime achievement award is a major win for African music

Fela Kuti has become the first African to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards ...