Late Nigerian Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, has been honored with a blue plaque in Shepherd’s Bush in London.
The honor was bestowed on Fela as the forerunner of Afrobeat by English Heritage, a charity that manages historic monuments.
The blue plaque was placed on 12 Stanlake Road residence at Shepherd’s Bush, a district of West London, where Fela first lived when he came to the UK to study music.
According to English Heritage, the blue plaques link the people of the past with the buildings of the present.
The plaque read: “Fela Anikulapo Kuti(1938-1997), singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and Nigerian activist. Lived in this house as a student in 1958.”
It was gathered that in 1958, Fela had arrived in London from Nigeria to study medicine but opted for the Trinity College of Music.
With the blue plaque, the late singer joins other notable artists who have been honored by English Heritage.
These celebrities include Bob Marley, the late Jamaican singer, who was honored with a blue plaque on the house where he and The Wailers finished recording the album ‘Exodus’.
Also honored was Jimi Hendrix, the guitarist who became an overnight star with the release of his band’s 1966 single ‘Hey Joe’.
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