Nigeria: Fela and the Legacy of the African Giant

30th January 2026
[Vanguard] Few cultural figures have loomed as large over Africa's political and artistic imagination as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Decades after his death, Fela remains less a memory than a presence--felt in protest chants, sampled in global music, and echoed in every fearless confrontation with power. His legacy is not merely about sound; it is about courage, resistance and an uncompromising belief that art must speak truth to authority.

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