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
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