Lemi about Fela Kuti

Only a few months before naming the Kalakuta Republic, in 1974, Lemi became friends with the Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti.

‘It’s been pre-ordained that my path would cross with Fela’s for the purpose of celebrating Africa’
They shared Pan-Africanist views about the unity of African people and Black consciousness, and Lemi started frequenting the Republic, working there [...]

Lemi Ghariokwu – the bio facts

Lemi, also called the inventor of ‘Lagos Afro Pop Art’, was born in Lagos in 1955 and has always had a keen interest in art. He had no formal training, but his mother was artistic, as she used to weave and trace drawings, and his sister also used to draw, but never took [...]

Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Session Pics

So before getting to bits and pieces of Lemi’s bio, I thought we should get in the Afro atmosphere by checking out some photos from a Live Afrobeat Session in London featuring Dele Sosimi, Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 band keyboard player for 7 years and then Femi Kuti’s Positive Force music director. Afrobeat emerged in [...]