Thanks to social media and the rise of people voicing out their opinions about injustice and other situations in general, the year 2017 will forever go down as a critical one in the demand from citizens all over the world for fair treatment and judgment, most especially black citizens. As a reaction to that cause,…

Fela Kuti was known as "the King of Afrobeat". Krizbeatz calls himself "the King of AfroDance", the Nigerian music that has got millions dancing across Africa and the world. For Fela, as he is still known to fans, music was often a life-threatening fight against corrupt military dictatorships that ruled Nigeria in the 1970s and…

Just like those devastating hurricanes with oddly normal names like Harvey and Maria, the current wave of Afropop music might as well be named Mr. Eazi.

“There is Fela the man and Fela the musician. I took Fela the musician and used it to develop a story about violence and the struggle for resistance, which he stood for while he lived and sang.

After weeks of anticipation, meticulous planning and feverish excitement, Smooth FM’s ‘A Night At The Kazbah’, held last Saturday night at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.

Another way, perhaps the most powerful way, is the method Fela Kuti himself utilised music. “Music is one of the fastest and most effective ways of changing the minds of the people,” said Professor Oluwole.

Next week is Felabration, by far one of my favourite weeks in the calendar, where the music and life of Fela Kuti will be celebrated through different events across Lagos.