"Sometimes it’s better to not know each other as people first and just play," says Yannis Philippakis, one of the last musicians to get on the tools with the late Afrobeat pioneer, Tony Allen. (Photo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. Following in the footsteps of his legendary grandfather Fela ...

As the son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti has established himself alongside his late father as a musical great. Ahead of the launch of his collaborative album with Egypt 80, Kuti unites with ...