A special radio series inspired by the music of Fela Kuti was broadcast on 15 October 2017. Fela Kuti has been played over 240 times on NTS, first on 15 October 2012. Fela Kuti's music has been featured on 224 episodes.

Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997 ), known professionally as Fela Kuti, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, political maverick & leader of Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70.

HMV Magazine ranked him as #46 on a list of the 100 most influential…