4 Tony Awards Committee Determines Eligibility For SCHMIGADOON!, CATS & More Fela Ransome Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, north of Lagos in 1938. His father was a Christian schoolmaster, minister ...

2 Casting & Cities Announced For THE OUTSIDERS North American Tour 3 SUFFS North American Tour Cast & Cities Announced Fela!, the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti whose soulful ...

According to Rikki Stein, musician Fela Kuti's former manager, Fela was an advocate for the legalization of marijuana. So in the SHN production of "Fela!" starring Sahr Ngaujah that opened Wednesday, ...

Among those in the audience were a number of cast members from Memphis. Fela!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, "welcomes audiences into the extravagant, decadent and ...

Long crowned by im fans as di king of Afrobeat, di late Fela Kuti don finally get recognition from di global music industry. Di Nigerian star go receive Lifetime Achievement Award at di Grammys- ...

Like the Afrobeat sound that provides its backdrop, Fela! is an amalgam of different styles that add up to something entirely new. This musical-theatre concoction may not be fully free of ...

"Emerge: 7 Women, 7 Stools" Through monologues and songs, various women (a housewife, a mistress, a college student, a cancer survivor ...) tell of their struggles and their epiphanies about faith. 8 ...

When people think of a revolution, they think of men with AK-47s, not a saxophone, trumpet and a great pair of dancing shoes. But artists can create revolutions. A case in point: post-colonial ...

For years, one of the most common facts about Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has been that he performed on stage wearing only his pants. White pants, to be specific. I mean, it’s a story that sounds wild enough ...