Tagged: Afro pop musician

May 3, 2021

Fela Kuti: Biography, Afrobeat, Political Activism, & Achievements

Fela Kuti: Fast Facts Born: Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti Birth date and Place: October 15, 1938; Abeokuta, Western Region, British Nigeria (present-day Ogun State, Nigeria) Death date and Place: August...

Africa / Art and Music / South Africa

November 13, 2020

Miriam Makeba: 10 Important Achievements

Miriam Makeba (1932-2008) was a renowned South African musician and civil rights activist. Due to her criticism of the apartheid regime, Makeba was banned from South Africa from 1960 to...