NPR News -Africa How Nigerian musician Fela Kuti used music as a weapon against dictatorship by External Source February 13, 2026 February 13, 2026 69 Considered the father of Afrobeat, Kuti used his music in the 1970s to combat colonial values and brutal dictatorship. Podcaster Jad Abumrad tells his story in the series, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man. Original Article 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTumblrRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail External Source Africa News Matters is powered by the Colorado non-profit Africa Agenda. We credit our sources via link sharing. Support us, make a donation today! previous post 4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease next post European leaders face tough talks at Munich Security Conference You may also like Pope Leo brushes off Trump criticism amid growing... April 14, 2026 How families in northern Nigeria are rewriting the... April 13, 2026 The Fanti Carnival celebrates the heritage of transatlantic... April 8, 2026 The iconic South African theater that took on... March 29, 2026 A strike on a hospital in Sudan killed... March 23, 2026 In a community known as Africa’s venice, thousands... March 21, 2026 Greetings from Nyeri, Kenya, where grandmothers help coach... March 19, 2026 Trump says he ended the war in DR... February 24, 2026 ‘Given a gun and sent to die’: Kenyans... February 21, 2026 1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia... February 20, 2026