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Stephen Hendel, the original lead producer of the Broadway Show, FELA!, announced on Thursday that the audio adaptation of FELA!, written and directed by filmmaker, Funa Maduka, and featuring a global cast of performers, will premiere on Clubhouse, the popular drop-in audio chat platform, on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16.
Fela Ten Twenty, the title of the audio adaptation, will feature an exciting new interpretation of Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis Original FELA! Script and it will be framing the ongoing #EndSars movement in the context of Fela Kuti’s legacy. Music for the production will be recorded in Lagos by the Cavemen, the band rekindling Nigerian highlife with their new album Roots.
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Fela Kuti performs on stage, Paris, 1981. Audio Adaptation of Broadway Musical âFELA!â to Debut on Clubhouse
Fela Ten Twenty, an audio adaptation of the popular Broadway show FELA! depicting
Fela Kuti s life and music, will premiere on Clubhouse in May.
An audio adaptation of the popular Broadway musical
FELA!, nominated for 11 Tony Awards in 2010, will premiere on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16 on the popular drop-in audio chart platform Clubhouse â popular in Nigeria.
The adaptation, titled
Funa Maduka. Fela s music, the foundation for Afrobeat, demanded global engagement with African political thought, Maduka explains in a statement. In the aftermath of the October 2020 #EndSars protests against police brutality, his message still achingly resounds. This production is a love letter to those fighting for a better Nigeria.
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But their spring glory is not enough to counter growing irritation and fatigue among residents of the province in regard to the handling of the pandemic by politicians, particularly in Ottawa.
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