Legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has posthumously etched his name deeper into global music history after becoming the first African artiste to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Recording Academy announced the honour as part of its special merit awards, recognising Fela’s enduring influence on world music, political consciousness and cultural identity decades after his death in 1997. Widely regarded as the creator of Afrobeat, Fela fused jazz, funk, highlife and traditional African rhythms into a revolutionary sound that transcended entertainment and became a vehicle for resistance against…
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