New Music from the Kuti Family

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 24, 2021

Femi Kuti and Made Kuti, son and grandson of the Nigerian activist and Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, recently released Legacy+. The double album celebrates musical ancestry while looking forward; Femi created its first half and the younger Kuti made the second. The two of them join for a listening party and to discuss their family’s own legacy.

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