Tag: Felabration
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Felabration2018: Timaya, Simi, CDQ ,others thrill fans on day three
The 21st edition of the much anticipated annual music festival, Felabration 2018, marking the 80th posthumous birthday of afro-beat maestro, Fela continued on Wednesday 17th of October with breath-taking musical performances from talented acts. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFGAdkgElY/?taken-by=felabrationng Asides from the budding artistes who thrilled the crowd, Timaya, Simi, Dammy Krane changed the rhythm of…
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2018 Felabration: Foreign tourists express enthusiasm to learn more of Nigerian culture
Some Foreign tourists at the ongoing 2018 Felabration on Tuesday expressed their interest to learn more about Nigerian culture. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Lagos that they were enticed to attend Felabration due to the love they have for Nigerian culture and the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti. NAN…
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Listen to Fela’s music for solutions to Nigeria's problems- Femi Falana
Renowned lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), on Monday urged Nigerian presidential candidates seeking office in 2019 to listen to the music of the legendary musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s music, to get solutions proffered to the nation’s problems. Falana gave the advice during the 2018 Felabration tagged Fela @ 80: Overtaking Overtake,…
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2face,Simi, Lorraine Lionheart, others to perform at Felabration 2018
The annual music fiesta, Felabration, initiated by Yeni Kuti, Fela’s first child, begins on Monday October 15, 2018 with a theme coined from his 1990 hit ODOO ‘Overtake Don Overtake Overtake’ Fans are expected in Lagos from around the world to honour the mark Fela made in the world music scene, as well as the…
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Felabration 2018: Soyinka urges youths to prepare for politics
Revered Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on youths to prepare themselves for political leadership in the future, adding that there is need for them to distinguish between rhetoric and politics. Soyinka made this known yesterday in Lagos during the 2018 Felabration Senior Secondary Schools Debate organised by the Felabration Committee with the theme:…
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Felabration: Afrobeat enthusiasts to converge for Fela’s 80th posthumous birthday
Devotees of Afrobeat will on Monday converge as the 2018 edition of Felabration kicks off. Yeni Kuti, daughter of the late legendary musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, noted that hundreds of Afrobeat enthusiasts from four continents will attend the festival billed to take place between October 15 and 21. Kuti made this known on Wednesday during…
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Seriki’s Felabration freestyle is the best you will ever see
One unforgettable highlight at the recently concluded Felabration concert was a freestyle performance done by Seriki. Seriki is a talented Nigerian rapper who mostly raps in Yoruba. The rapper was at his best when he thrilled his fans with witty punchlines at the New Afrika Shrine. In one minute the rapper was able to…
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Felabration 2017: Unmasking the Lagbaja you don’t know
The first time I saw Lagbaja perform was over nine years ago at Motherland Ikeja Lagos. So when I had another rare privilege of seeing him perform last night at Felabration grand finale, I valued it with uninhibited esteem. When Lagbaja with his trademark mask stepped out that night, he brought back memories of…
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Wizkid, Adewale Ayuba, Lagbaja end Felabration on an unforgettable note
For those who attended the just concluded week long Felabration concert which ended last night, there was a general agreement that it was one of the most successful shows in the Nigerian entertainment scene this year. The week long event had started on the 9th and ended on the 15th of October- Fela’s birthday. He…