Tag: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
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How Fela was admitted into music school out of pity – Late Afrobeats legendery singer’s daughter spills
Popular Nigerian singer and dancer Yeni Kuti has revealed that her late father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was admitted into the Trinity College of Music, London, in 1958, out of pity.
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Why I was expelled from school – Movie director, Andy Boyo opens up
Prominent film maker Andy Boyo, has opened up on how he was expelled from school because of the legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
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Nuptial Knot: How we met – Made Kuti’s newly wedded wife, Inedoye drops startling revelation
Made Kuti the grandson of Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has officially tied the knot with his fiancee, Inedoye. The singer made this known on Wednesday, in a video shared on his official X account. Informing his fans of his wedding, he said “Today is for wedding food.”
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New Year: Why artiste, Burna Boy rained curses on some persons
Nigerian artiste and record producer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, cleared the air on some matters bothering him in what seems like his personal new year message to his fans. The artiste also rained curses on haters who have peddled rumours about him in the past year.
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Femi Kuti @ 60, his music and lifestyle
Femi, the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, and a grandchild of women’s rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, turned 60 on Saturday. Unarguably, Femi is not just a multi-instrumentalist, he is also a singer and songwriter. His earliest introduction to songwriting was by his father, Fela.
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Fela’s death raises emotions 23 years after
Twenty-three years after the death of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, eldest son of the pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, Femi has said he will never forget the year 1997 when he lost his father. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Femi, popularly known as Femi Kuti took to Twitter on Sunday to say the thoughts of his father…
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5 things you missed at Felabration opening night
Felabration is the annual festival celebrating the life, times, music and ideals of Nigeria’s icon and creator of Afrobeat genre, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. It is one of the top 300 festivals in the world. The weeklong event kicked off yesterday, Monday October 9th at the New Afrika Shrine with the theme “The Prophecy”. In no particular…