Afropop Worldwide

Features June 20, 2024

Roundtable Discussion on Legendary Nigerian Fela Kuti’s Music and Activism

An historic gathering of Fela friends and aficianados.

Interview June 6, 2022

Femi and Made Kuti: Bitter Pills in a Sweet Sauce

Blog October 12, 2021

Live From Ikeja, It's Felabration 2021 This Week

Blog January 8, 2021

Quarantunes: "Finding Fela" Documentary

Best of The Beat October 11, 2019

Best of The Beat on Afropop: Fela Is Freed

Best of The Beat October 18, 2017

Best of The Beat on Afropop: Fela’s Last Phone Call (1984)

Best of The Beat August 2, 2017

Best of The Beat on Afropop: Fela Kuti—20 Years After

Reviews March 10, 2017

The Francis Brothers: African Record Center

Blog February 23, 2017

Reissued: African Vinyl Playlist

Reviews October 21, 2016

Rab Bakari Decodes Afrobeats, Naija Pop and More

Voices in Vinyl May 23, 2016

Voices in Vinyl: Afro-Turkish Tales

Reviews April 7, 2016

San Francisco: Afropop By the Bay, Back in the Day...

Blog December 29, 2015

West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song Exhibit at the British Library, London

Blog October 15, 2014

Happy Birthday Fela! Five Classic Non-Classics

Blog August 4, 2014

Finding Fela: The Film No Afrobeat Fan Can Miss

Blog October 16, 2013

The day I joined Fela's band: Kaleta Remembers

Videos July 14, 2011

FELA! in Lagos

In April of 2011, the cast and crew of FELA! on Broadway traveled to Lagos, Nigeria, making it the first original Broadway production to be performed on African soil.