2022 Grammys and what Fela Kuti has to do with West Africa’s growing pop fame
Nigerian singer Fela Kuti performs at Vredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands on 3rd November 1988.
Most of these artists are also proponents of Afrobeat or new breed Afrobeats . Kidjo, too, has admitted to being influenced by Fela. It is interesting to observe the dissemination of Fela’s legacy in the varied work of his numerous musical children, many of whom pay direct homage to him by copious sampling and outright imitation.Fela's dominance of the music scene spanned the 1970s and 1980s. After the Nigerian military authorities incarcerated him in 1984, his son Femi steadily began to come into his own musically. Femi is still decidedly more old-school Afrobeat than new-school Afrobeats.
Initially, Femi may have been tempted to adopt the title of Afrobeat heir apparent and might have short-changed himself in the process. But it is never a wise proposition to try and imitate Fela. Instead what is possible and also reasonable is to attempt to assimilate parts of his vast legacy rather than the whole of it. And this is precisely what the current Afrobeats stars are doing.Made, Femi's son, and Fela's grandson, is more removed from his domineering grandfather's influence.
Tems, the youngest of the lot, is probably the least directly influenced by Fela's Afrobeat. She is more indebted to US R&B and soul music. Her deep, sultry voice is combined with a style and vibe leaning towards the Afrocentric Afrobeat look. But there are many more artists in the wings, angling for the future Afrobeats spotlight: Rema, Buju, Joeboy, Omah Lay, Fireboy DML, Olakira, Ckay, Jaywillz, and Asake.Here is where Afrobeat differs from Afrobeats.
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