Browsing: Fela

This great musical legend is renowned for his “high octane performances”. Fela, widely considered as the greatest African artist to have ever lived, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician and composer who rose to fame in the 70s with his band: The Afrika ’70. He was also a passionate political activist and is considered the pioneer of the music genre known as Afrobeat. He was popular for singing in Yoruba his native tongue and pidgin English.

Seventeen-year-old Ayo Adewemimo was diagnosed of sickle cell anaemia at about age two. The first of three children – all boys – of Hakeem and Gbolabo Adewemimo, Ayo had all the care possible from his parents and medical personnel and coped with the challenges of being a sickle cell patient.