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Nigeria: Felabration - More Than a Music Festival
This Day, 26 October 2014
Despite the Ebola scare which threatened a cancellation, the annual festival to honour Fela's memory recorded another resounding success, writes Nseobong Okon-Ekong. Read more »
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Nigeria: 17 Years After, Fela Is Still Regarded As People's Champion
Vanguard, 25 October 2014
The enviable place of Fela Anikulakpo Kuti as one of world's notable music legends was re-asserted last Sunday, when Jamaican legendary reggae star, Don Carlos, leading local and… Read more »
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Nigeria: True Amalgation After Fela
This Day, 19 October 2014
In this 6th edition of Fela Debates held on Monday, October 13 at NECA House Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, the issue of Nigeria's unity was at the front-burner as eloquent speakers,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Capturing Fela
This Day, 19 October 2014
His beat was Fela. A photojournalist in 1976 named Femi Akintobi began his career with The Punch. It was in the heat of the rage of the legendary musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fela Debates Amalgamation
This Day, 21 September 2014
Felabration 2014 kicks off on October 13 with the Fela Debates, the symposium segment of the festival. The discussion this year is anchored on "The Amalgamation of The Peoples of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Finding Fela Premiere Kicks Off 2014 Felabration
Guardian, 13 October 2014
ACADEMY Award winner, Alex Gibney, known for his gripping, deeply insightful documentaries, delivers a straightforward and engrossing, biography of Nigerian musician and legendary… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fela Resurrects in a Movie
Vanguard, 10 October 2014
Academy award winner Alex Gibney, known for his deeply insightful documentaries, has delivered a straightforward and engrossing biography of late Afrobeat King, Fela Anikulapo Kuti… Read more »
Finding Fela - Film On Nigeria's Fela Kuti's Life
The documentary Finding Fela celebrates the life of the visionary Nigerian musician and social activist, Fela Kuti.
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25 June 2014
Finding Fela -- Official Trailer (Dir. Alex Gibney)
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Alex Gibney's Finding Fela (2014) is a sweeping portrait of the artist as guerilla warrior. Set to the insistent groove of Nigerian superstar Fela ... see more »
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The redoubtable Red Hot Aids charity has released an album that pays tribute to fallen Nigerian legend Fela Kuti, titled "Red Hot + Fela". Read more »
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As part of a big year for Fela Kuti - the late activist and afrobeat pioneer - Knitting Factory Records are re-releasing a second batch from his sprawling discography. Read more »
