Afrobeat 101: How Fela Kuti Invented a Genre
Highlife, jazz, funk and Yoruba rhythm — how one Lagos bandleader fused them into Afrobeat, and why his son Femi Kuti still plays it every week at the New Africa Shrine.
25 September 2026
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Highlife, jazz, funk and Yoruba rhythm — how one Lagos bandleader fused them into Afrobeat, and why his son Femi Kuti still plays it every week at the New Africa Shrine.