Today in History for Feb. 11: ...

Nigeria's Afrobeat king Fela Kuti will this weekend be posthumously recognised by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement ...

The Afrobeat architect’s posthumous honour underscores how his radical Lagos-born sound now defines a global Black music canon.

Few cultural figures have loomed as large over Africa's political and artistic imagination as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Decades after his death, Fela remains less a memory than a presence--felt in protest ...