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Fela Kuti’s legacy on the menu: Nigeria’s Lagos restaurants celebrate music icon through food
Fela Kuti’s legacy on the menu: Nigeria’s Lagos restaurants celebrate music icon through food
The Conversation  |  Aug 17, 2025

In the early 1970s, Fela fused jazz, highlife, funk, and Yoruba rhythms with politically charged lyrics attacking corruption, oppression, and postcolo...

Daddy Lumba, Ghana’s highlife legend and music icon, dies at 60
Daddy Lumba, Ghana’s highlife legend and music icon, dies at 60
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 27, 2025

The celebrated musician died on Saturday while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness at a local hospital, his family confirmed in an official...

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