Fela Kuti

Nigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)

British drummer (1939–2019)

Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a West African music genre, fusing influences from Nigerian (such as Yoruba) and Ghanaian (such as highlife) music with American funk, jazz, and soul influences. With a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion, the style was pioneered in the 1960s by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who popularised it both within and outside Nigeria. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers."

American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer (1940–2025)

Malian musician

fela Kuti's communal compound

Nigerian artist (born 1955)

Cuban writer, journalist and academic

Ghanaian musician

type of dance

entertainment centre in Lagos, Nigeria