What Pa Odion Iruoje Revealed About Fela & Afrobeat (2023 Interview) Veteran music producer Pa Odion Iruoje—who discovered and produced Ofege, worked with Sonny Okosuns, and produced Fela Kuti in his early Afrobeat days—shared these insights during my 2023 interview with him: 1. Fela arrived with a completely new sound, one that had never been heard before—and he named it Afrobeat. 2. Fela was highly unstable and could easily start trouble at the slightest provocation. 3.Orlando Julius’ claim to

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, honoured posthumously in Los Angeles for his music and political resistance. | Al Jazeera English