Archives Tag: Felabration

Entertainment Personality

April 19, 2022

Felabration, the annual festival of music and arts commemorating the life and times of Nigerian music icon, the late Fela Anikulakpo Kuti will kick off officially on Monday 14th of October 2013 with “Fela Debate” to be chaired and moderated by Femi Falana (SAN), while Nana Rita Marley, Prof. John Collins, Vivien Goldman and Prof. Sola Olorunyomi are … Continue reading 2013 Felabration Kicks Off

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April 19, 2022

THE 2013 edition of Felabration, a concert which celebrates the life and times of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, is set to hold soon. Rita Marley, widow of late reggae icon, Bob Marley, is expected at the event. Rita Marley will arrive Lagos and grace the event as a special guest speaker, and would be sharing … Continue reading Rita Marley To Attend Felabration

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Entertainment Events History News Personality

April 19, 2022

Celebrating his posthumous birthday, the children of Fela Kuti have opened a museum called “Kalakuta” which is dedicated to their late father and Afrobeat Legend. The Museum was launched yesterday, October 15, when he would have been 74years. Fela died in 1997 – at 58 – of HIV-related sickness, but his works and significance continued … Continue reading Museum Dedicated To Fela Kuti Opens In Lagos [PICTURE]

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Arts

April 19, 2022

On the heels of the successful worldwide Broadway production FELA!—on the life of late Nigerian Afro beat Legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, his residence at Gbemisola street, Ikeja, popularly known as Kalakuta Republic, is set to become a museum. With the generous support of the Lagos State government, the mega project will also have an exhibition area, a souvenir shop, a coffee shop, a 5-room boutique hotel, a tomb area – where people will see where the late musician was buried – a roof top restaurant, a bar and stage, and a car park.

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