Guardian Music — May 1986: Number 41 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of World and Folk musicOn his Radio 1 show, John Peel was just as likely to play dub, country, salsa, Afrobeat and Mongolian throat singers as he was Nurse With Wound B-sides at th... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — With 2008’s 'I Am…Sasha Fierce', Beyonce pulled off a feat of transition. The mega-double album, with its slight (but effective) conceit about dual personalities (Beyonce and Sasha Fierce) and the future-shock sound of the second half, turned her... more info

Impose Magazine — MKRNI may have been a bit tongue and cheek when they labeled their track "Diamanda" on their Soundcloud page as "Afrohouse", ("spacesynth" seems a bit closer to the mark), but I couldn't help thinking of Fela Kuti sneaking in vocals halfway throu... more info

Guardian Music — He fought the powers that be and paid the price. But he also taught us that politics plus soul equals movementWhen Gil Scott-Heron asked in the mid-70s: "Sister/woman have you heard from Johannesburg?" I hadn't actually. I was too young. Too uninform... more info

Guardian Music — A former teen star in his native Ghana, rapper Samuel Bazawule is taking Afro-centric hip-hop to the USWho is he?Rapper Samuel Bazawule, 29, was born in Accra, Ghana. "It's a vibrant place," he says. "Music was everywhere, big speakers blaring in the... more info

I Think You're Swell — Fela Anikulapo Kuti was one of the most talented Afro-beat/highlife artists of all time (he pioneered the genres) and I love his music. I mean, the guys entire family consists of skilled musicians. I love this song for more reasons than I can actuall... more info

Guardian Music — Sahr Ngaujah has spent the last two years playing the great Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti on stage in New York and London. Last month he took the production back to Kuti's native Nigeria. Here, he describes the extraordinary and emotional tripThe air wa... more info

Guardian Music — Singer reveals inspiration behind new album title, as well as an unexpected influence – Afrobeat pioneer Fela KutiBeyoncé's new album will be titled 4, the singer has revealed, and is influenced by Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.In an interview with B... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonFour years ago it was Femi Kuti who headed the annual African Soul Rebels tour, joined, as has been customary, by two other bands. This year it's very different. His younger brother Seun is the new afrobeat hero and the mor... more info

Guardian Music — Afrobeat bandleader Seun Kuti shares his views on politics, Egypt 80 and the long shadow cast by his fatherOver the course of a one-hour interview, Seun Kuti talks – engagingly, entertainingly, animatedly, often hilariously – about a range of sub... more info