Alaba Ilesanmi

Oct 12, 2024 | icirnigeria.org | Alaba Ilesanmi |Bamas Victoria

By Alaba ILESANMI, Florida State UniversityRIKKI Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a music manager, he has toured the world in the company of music legends – from the late Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti to American rockers The Grateful Dead and Morocco’s Master Musicians of Joujouka. The stories of the people working behind the scenes supporting great artists rarely get the spotlight they deserve.

Oct 10, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Alaba Ilesanmi

By Alaba Ilesanmi, PhD candidate, musicology, Florida State University Rikki Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a music manager he has toured the world in the company of music legends – from the late Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti to American rockers The Grateful Dead and Morocco’s Master Musicians of Joujouka.

Oct 10, 2024 | theconversation.com | Alaba Ilesanmi

Rikki Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a music manager he has toured the world in the company of music legends – from the late Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti to American rockers The Grateful Dead and Morocco’s Master Musicians of Joujouka. The stories of the people working behind the scenes supporting great artists rarely get the spotlight they deserve.

Aug 8, 2024 | pancouver.ca | Alaba Ilesanmi |Weekly Vibes |Weekly Vibe

By Alaba Ilesanmi, Florida State UniversityAlmost three decades after his passing in 1997, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the legendary Nigerian musician and activist who created the Afrobeat music movement, remains the subject of global obsession. The self-proclaimed “Black President” is everywhere, like an omnipresent deity. His presence is felt, and his legacy is honoured, through contemporary showcases from Lagos to London, Bonn to Brazil.

Aug 1, 2024 | theconversation.com | Alaba Ilesanmi

Près de trois décennies après son dècès en 1997, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, le légendaire musicien et activiste nigérian qui a créé le mouvement musical Afrobeat, continue de fasciner le monde entier. Celui qui s'était autoproclamé “Black President” (le président noir) est partout, comme une divinité omniprésente. Sa présence se fait sentir et son héritage est honoré dans des expositions contemporaines, de Lagos de Lagos à Londres, de Bonn au Brésil.