Felabration 2013: Nigeria Celebrates Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Bob Marley




Felabration is an annual festival of music and arts commemorating the life and times of NIgerian’s foremost musical icon, the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The idea and concept of Felabration as an annual celebration of Fela’s music, life and times, originated from his eldest child Yeni, who conceived it in 1998. With the exception of 1999, Felabration has taken place yearly and is now in its 15th year.
The theme of Felabration 2013 of Felabration 2013, “Movement of the People” begins with a debate on Fela and Bob Marley’s perspectives. Felabration, organised by the Felabration Organizing Committee has grown into a mega week-long musical event in Nigeria which attracts thousands of visitors annually to the New Africa Shrine from all over the world and is an official tourist musical acts from all over the world. The roll call include include Hugh Masakela, Femi Kuti, Lucky Dube, Awilo, Baba Maal, Les Nubians, King Sunny Ade, D’banj, Lagbaja, Asa, Tuface, Wiz Kid, and many others.
In 2008, over 50 international artistes came together from the United States, Great Britain, France and Senegal to perform at Felabration under the banner, African Express. Every year, Felabration features exciting lines up of artistes designed to whet the appetite of music lovers.
The Felabration Week always run through mid October ensuring that Fela’s post-humous birthday celebrations on the 15th are part of the Festival. As the creator of afrobeat, social critic, political activist and champion of the underprivileged as well as philosopher of his own political ideologue, Fela is still today a hero to millions for his contrbutions to society.
Our festival in his honour always attracts a huge loyal following and over 100 artistes both local and international climbs our stage to pay homage to Baba himself. Apart from music concerts, Felabration always offer creatively diverse activities. ‘The Fela Debates’ symposium series, the secondary schools debate for school schools in Lagos State, Dance Troupes, Photo Exhibitions,
The Fela Street Carnival Parade with musical floats and costumed dancers, Book reading, The Fela Partners events and much more. Finally, it promises to be an exhilarating week-long festivity celebrating the iconic status of Africa’s best known musical figure and best of all and it remains mostly free!

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