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    Morning Becomes Eclectic

    KCRW Honors Fela Kuti with Yeni Kuti & Jad Abumrad

    Novena Carmel
    Novena Carmel
    Hand-Picked MusicIndie / AltSoul / Funk
    Over the weekend, Nigerian music legend Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. In recognition of this honor, KCRW and Talkhouse welcomed Fela's daughter, Yeni Kuti, and Jad Abumrad, the creator of the hit podcast, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, to our Annenberg Performance Studio on Thursday, January 29. The conversation was moderated by MBE's very own Novena Carmel.
    Over the weekend, Nigerian music legend Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. In recognition of this honor, KCRW and Talkhouse welcomed Fela's daughter, Yeni Kuti, and Jad Abumrad, the creator of the hit podcast, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, to our Annenberg Performance Studio on Thursday, January 29. The conversation was moderated by MBE's very own Novena Carmel.
    Feb 2, 2026

    Over the weekend, Nigerian music legend Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. In recognition of this honor, KCRW and Talkhouse welcomed Fela's daughter, Yeni Kuti, and Jad Abumrad, the creator of the hit podcast, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, to our Annenberg Performance Studio on Thursday, January 29. The conversation was moderated by MBE's very own Novena Carmel. You can listen to their full conversation here.

    MORE FELA ON KCRW:

    KCRW's Lost Notes podcast explores how Los Angeles played a pivotal role in Fela's groundbreaking Afrobeat sound.

    KCRW's Tom Schnabel revisits his 1986 interview with Fela at KCRW.

    Lost Notes talks with Sandra Iszadore, the "Queen Mother of Afrobeat," about her role in shaping Fela Kuti's politics during his time in LA.

    Fela Kuti's eldest son, Femi Kuti, performed live on Morning Becomes Eclectic in 2011.

    Fela Kuti's son Seun Kuti dropped in on MBE in April 2012.

    Show Credits

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      Novena Carmel

      Host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, co-host of Lost Notes

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      Nassir Nassirzadeh

      KCRW DJ

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      Jad Abumrad

      creator of "Radiolab," and host of the new podcast “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man”

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      Yeni Kuti

      Daughter of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti

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