Fela Ransome-Kuti Quintet has been played on NTS in shows including Light in the Attic, featured first on 13 May 2022. Songs played include Amaechi's Blues.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), or simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.

HMV Magazine ranked him #46 on a list of the top-100 most influential musicians of the 20th century.

The musical style performed by Fela Kuti is called Afrobeat, which is essentially a fusion of jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, and traditional African chants and rhythms. It is characterized by having African-style percussion,…