Fela: Tinubu acknowledges Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for late music maestro

*President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, hails late Fela Anikulapo Kuti  for blazing the trail with the Recording Academy of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African to receive this honour, though posthumously

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

The world of music has honoured a giant: Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fela was more than a musician.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, who penned these words in a statement he personally signed and issued Sunday, February 1, 2026.

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Tinubu noted that late Fela was a fearless voice of the people, philosopher of freedom, and revolutionary force whose music confronted injustice and reshaped global sound.

The President stated: “His courage, creativity, and conviction defined a generation and continue to inspire the world.

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“In Yoruba mythology, he has transcended to a higher plane as an Orisa. He is now eternal.

Fela Kuti has blazed the trail with the Recording Academy of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African to receive this honour, though posthumously.”

The Nigerian leader also noted that the award is an affirmation of Fela’s enduring global influence, and the foundational role he played in the evolution and impact of Africa on modern music.

Tinubu said: “He defined Afrobeat, and you can hear and see his influence in generations of Nigerian musicians and in Afrobeats and beyond.

“Fela lives.”

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