The legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti has been a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys. He becomes the first African to be the award. It is by the Recording Academy of the United States to outstanding achievements in music. Kuti in 1997, but he behind an amazing legacy. Kuti's daughter, Yeni, told Al Jazeera that the award was "better late than never". She said "we still a way to go" to recognise musicians from Africa. She added her father didn't about awards. She said: "He played music because he music. It was to be acknowledged by his people - by human beings, by fellow artists - that him happy."
Fela Kuti, born in 1938, was a visionary. He was a singer, musician, and bandleader. He African music and global protest culture. He the Afrobeat music genre. This mixed traditional Yoruba rhythms, jazz, and funk to a powerful, hypnotic sound. He an amazing live performer. He the world in the 1960s to 1980s. His concerts a celebration of rhythm, African identity, freedom, and resistance. Fela against corruption, military dictatorship, and colonial influence in Nigeria. Because of this, he was , beaten, and . However, his influence on African and international music still alive today, especially through modern Afrobeat.
