NPR News -Africa How Nigerian musician Fela Kuti used music as a weapon against dictatorship by External Source February 13, 2026 February 13, 2026 84 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 takes aim at ‘handful of tyrants’... April 17, 2026 Family planning aid dwindles in Uganda April 17, 2026 What’s at stake in Somalia April 17, 2026 ‘Humiliated, broken, powerless’: Sudan enters fourth year of... April 16, 2026 Pope heads to Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day... April 16, 2026 Fela Kuti is the first African artist to... April 16, 2026 Greetings from Nairobi, where taking a matatu is... April 16, 2026 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