Africa: Dele Sosimi Talks Afrobeat – From Fela Kuti to the Future
[Afropop] The lights dimmed inside London's legendary Jazz Cafe, the air thick with anticipation. A melting pot of Londoners - longtime Afrobeat devotees, curious newcomers, and those simply seeking a good time - had come to witness a clash of generations. On the bill: Stella & The Longos, the Paris-based upstarts fusing Congolese rumba with funk and a dash of psychedelia, followed by the undeniable force of nature, Dele Sosimi. A former keyboardist for Fela Kuti himself, Sosimi carries the torch of Afrobeat