Fela Kuti is the first African artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti performs at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, in 1986. In the past year, the late musician has received two historic honors: the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and to be named for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Leni Sinclair/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives

Leni Sinclair/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives

Editor’s note: This is an update of the profile published in December of the great

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