"Recognition of late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment'. Three decades after his death, the father of Afrobeat' Fela Kuti has made history by becoming the first African to get a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys. The Nigerian musician, who died in 1997, posthumously received the commendation along with several other artists at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday, on the eve of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards."
"For his family and friends some of whom were in attendance it is an honour they hope will help amplify Fela's music, and ideology, among a new generation of musicians and music lovers. But it is an acknowledgement they also admit has come quite late. The family is happy about it. And we're excited that he's finally being recognised, Yeni Kuti, Fela's daughter, told Al Jazeera before the ceremony. But Fela was never nominated [for a Grammy] in his lifetime, she lamented."
Fela Kuti received a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African to earn that honor. The award was presented at a Los Angeles ceremony on the eve of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. Family members view the recognition as an opportunity to amplify Fela's music and political ideology for a new generation, while lamenting the delay and noting he never received Grammy nominations during his lifetime. Designer Lemi Ghariokwu welcomed the representation, expressed surprise that the establishment now recognises Fela, and urged greater effort by Africans to achieve fair recognition.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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