A exhibition honouring the legacy of the originator of Afrobeat music, Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, has opened in Hull. The ...

Most people confuse Afrobeat and Afrobeats but don’t know that the two are predominantly distinct in sound and genre. Music historians have traced origin sounds of Afrobeat in Ghana and Nigeria as ...

Young Nigerian and German musicians joined forces at Beethovenfest for this year's DW Campus Project— making music and memories to last a lifetime.When young musicians from Nigeria and Germany took to ...

Wizkid, widely considered one of the most influential African artists of all time, has collaborated with Beyonce and Drake.

The "King of Afrobeat", "Black President", activist and legendary musician Fela Kuti has returned to his hometown and Nigeria ...

Former President of the United States, Barack Obama, has paid glowing tribute to late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, ...

Afro B is one of the leaders in the Afrowave movement around the world. The UK native is on a mission to educate while simultaneously spreading the rhythm. Afro B is no stranger to the entertainment ...

Tiwa Savage, the queen of afrobeats and Nigeria’s very own, recently dropped Celia—her first body of work to come out on Motown Records. The 13-track project, which she titled in tribute to her mother ...

The people loved seeing an Englishman in Africa 70. They couldn’t believe it at first. Oyinbo (white man) drummer! They would come and press money on my forehead. It was a mark of approval. It would ...

In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. Among the musicians working the clubs in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, was a young British emigre named John ...