LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Fela Kuti became the first African to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards. He was honored posthumously on ...
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The late Nigerian superstar became the first African musician to get a Grammy lifetime achievement award.
On December 19, the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was announced. The honor goes to Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and activist who died in 1997. He joins an ...
*To commence Black History Month 2026 in the United States, it is fitting to celebrate the enduring legacy of Fela Kuti, a pioneering figure in global Afrobeat whose roots trace back to Lagos, Nigeria ...