In the late 1960s, Fela decided that he had no use for love songs or party tunes; he wanted to challenge unjust authority. By Jon Pareles Resistance is etched into Afrobeat, the music forged by the ...

The people loved seeing an Englishman in Africa 70. They couldn’t believe it at first. Oyinbo (white man) drummer! They would come and press money on my forehead. It was a mark of approval. It would ...

To rock the world takes only a couple of pedals and a power chord; to make it skip and swing takes the skill and talent to straddle an entire continent. It takes a talent like that of Tony Allen, who ...

JOHANNESBURG — Pioneering drummer Tony Allen, the driver of the Afrobeat sound, has died in Paris at age 79. Allen died Thursday night at the Pompidou Hospital of an aortic aneurysm, his manager Eric ...

Influential drummer Tony Allen has been hailed as a “titan” after his death at the age of 79. The Nigerian musician, together with Fela Kuti, helped define the Afrobeat genre as part of the band ...

Ghanaian Afrobeat sensation Mishasha is set to release her second single of the year in mega collaboration with award-winning musician, Stonebwoy. Her upcoming single is a follow-up tune of her ...