Nigeria: Madé Kuti Wants to Know - Where Does Happiness Come From?

Nigeria: Madé Kuti Wants to Know - Where Does Happiness Come From?

Madé Kuti, son of Femi, grandson of Fela, is carrying on the family's Afrobeat tradition with distinction and originality. For his debut 2022 album Forward (which we discussed at the time), Madé played all the instruments, an impressive feat, but one not reproducible on stage. So now, he has developed a band, The Movement, which we caught live at the 2024 Sauti Za Busara Festival in Zanzibar. That show was impressive, but better still is the ban…

Mádé Kuti Doesn't Bend Under Heavy Afrobeat Expectations With Vibrant 'Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?' (ALBUM REVIEW) - Glide Magazine

Following up on his GRAMMY-nominated debut For(e)ward, Mádé Kuti has dove deep into modern afrobeat sounds, raising the bar with the sizzling Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? As a third-generation musician with the most famous family lineage in the genre, legendary pioneering Grandfather Fela and Father Femi, Mádé does not bend under the weight of expectations. He continues his family’s strong musical tradition of blazing horns frontin…