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 ...

Note: This article was originally published in April 2005. It was created at a time when African music was on the cusp of becoming an increasingly large part of the Western pop culture landscape.

The Lijadu Sisters helped define the Afrobeat sound of 1970s Nigeria at a time when the scene was largely dominated by men. Now record label Numero Group is remastering and re-releasing the sisters’ ...

With dozens of new Afrobeat outfits appearing every year, the Budos Band has long sought to differentiate itself from fellow Fela aficionados. On its fourth release, “Burnt Offering,” the nine-piece ...

Afrobeat emerged in Lagos Nigeria in the 1970s The film follows an Afrobeat tube broadcast from its early morning studio recording to selling vinyl records and ...

When legendary Nigerian bandleader Fela Kuti toured the US in the ’70s, he was blown away by the funk, soul, disco and other African-American music forms he heard here. So he took them with him back ...