The Lovecast with Dave O Rama - CIUT FM - February 28 2026 - Black President

To conclude our 4-part series celebrating Black History Month, The Lovecast pays tribute to legendary Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, activist, and the father of Afrobeat music, the late great Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The subject of numerous documentary films, in-depth podcasts, and a Broadway musical based on his life. Now, 29 years after his passing, Fela has just been honoured with the 2026 Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Music. In honour of Fela, Dave O Rama mixes up a Lovecast tribute passionately crafted from Fela originals, cover versions of his songs, and musical tributes from recording artists influenced by his massive recorded output.

The Lovecast is a two-hour broad-spectrum music exploration program hosted by Dave O Rama, airing Saturdays from 4 PM to 6 PM EST on CIUT FM, Toronto, Canada, and syndicated on Ubuntu.FM, Dig FM, and CJMP FM

Kronos Quartet, Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe + Stuart Bogie - Sorrow, Tears + Blood
Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Monkey Banana
Telepath - Fela Through
Butcher Brown - Benin City
Spoek Mathambo + Zaki Ibrahim - Yellow Fever
Afrodyssey Orchestra - Fela
Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Zombie
Horace Tapscott, The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, and The Great Voice of UGMAA - Fela Fela (Live at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998)
Fela Anikulapo Kuti - No Agreement
Afronaut - Kao Fela (Everything)
John Orpheus - Fela Awoke (I Will Miss You)
Superhuman Happiness - ITT (International Thief Thief) (Ft. Sahr Ngaujah, Abena Koomson + Rubblebucket)
Vito Lalinga (Vi Mode Inc. Project) - Fela Mania
Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Water No Get Enemy