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  • On Sunday, Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu paid tribute to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti after the Recording Academy bestowed a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Special Merit Awards in Los Angeles, calling him a fearless voice whose music confronted injustice.
  • Tinubu said `Fela was more than a musician`, describing Kuti as a fearless voice of the people whose music confronted injustice and reshaped global sound.
  • Yeni Kuti appeared onstage, thanked the Recording Academy, and said she believed their father was 'smiling down on us.'
  • Femi Kuti said the recognition was a milestone for Africa and the global fight for justice, and the academy grouped Fela with Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Cher and Paul Simon.
  • Made Kuti said from Lagos that Fela pioneered Afrobeat in the 1970s, and Tinubu said `Fela was more than a musician` to affirm his enduring influence.
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