Topic: Fela Kuti
Desert Island Discs . . Who would have thought Nigella Lawson loves Eminem's rap? Or Margaret Thatcher is a fan of US comedian Bob Newhart?. . They...
It's very important to me to identify with the object I am creating...it's what's underneath that counts." -Will Barnet @ 100. . "Where do you...
0 View Larger Image . For sheer musical exuberance, "Fela!" sets the bar high enough to raise the ceiling of any house. What makes it an...
The last time the public at large had heard from Goapele was her second album, 2006's Change It All. In between then and now, she released buzz...
Mirvish. Sahr Ngaujah in Fela!. . Here is a production with a large cast but only one real character; at its heart, in fact, a one-man show. It's...
Sahr Ngaujah walks almost leisurely inside the Canon Theatre in downtown Toronto and takes a seat in the lobby.. . “Cool,” he responds when I ask...
Based on an editorial piece by Huffington Post cultural critic Kirsten West Savali, Beyonce's tribute to Kuti represents her lack of knowledge of...
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Beyonce's upcoming fourth solo album will be called "4," a title she says was inspired by her fans."Everywhere I look, I see them calling it '4,' she told Billboard. "I had a whole other name and concept ...
The spirit of Nigeria's legendary musician and activist Fela Kuti comes alive in Lagos this week with a Broadway musical putting the late Afrobeat icon back on the stage in his proud motherland.The timing turns out to be perfect: President ...
