News Agency of Nigeria reports that the call came following the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the New Afrika Shrine, which is a popular Fela ‘museum’.
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Macron was asked to relive some of his nostalgia of having been a patron of the Shrine when he worked in Nigeria at the French Embassy in 2004
Macron, who spoke at the New Afrika Shrine in Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, at an event tagged: “Celebration of African Culture,” to inaugurate the African Cultural Season 2020, said he was glad to be back to the Afrika Shrine, adding that he still holds fond memories of the place since his first visit back in 2002
NAN reports that the French leader would discuss issues bordering on security and terrorism with President Buhari.
Beyonce, who became the first black woman to headline Coachella on Saturday, did so with a two-hour performance and had her band perform a rendition of Fela’s 1976 classic ‘Zombie’.
Austen-Peters said this at the official launch of Fela and his Kalakuta Queens, a stage show held at the Terra Kulture Theatre Arena, Lagos.
Ambode described Anikulapo-Kuti as an enigmatic artiste who used the platform of his art to agitate for social and human rights by challenging government and people to explore development through social and economic activities that are rooted in African values
In a statement issued on Thursday by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the Government said the honour is in line with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s commitment to promote art and tourism and to celebrate iconic figures in politics, economics and culture sectors who have contributed to the image and development of Lagos State.
Lumumba said this during the 2017 Felabration, with the theme: “40 Years after FESTAC, 20 Years after Fela, Wither the Pan-African Dream?”
Felabration is an annual music festival conceived in 1998 by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti in memory and celebration of her father, Fela, also a human rights activist known for pioneering the afrobeat genre of music.
Okwechima Abdul, the Head of Felabration Media Team, said in a statement that the renowned scholar would speak on: “Whither The Pan African Dream – 20 Years After Fela and 40 Years After FESTAC ’77?”
Fela’s elder brother, Prof. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, a former Minister of Health, announced his death from complications related to HIV and AIDS on August 2, 1997.
Yeni said at a press briefing on Wednesday at the Kalakuta Museum in Lagos that the guests were expected from all over the world.
The African Union and the International Committee of AFRIMA had opened the 2017 AFRIMA Call for Entries on May 8, giving opportunity to African music artistes, record producers, songwriters, video directors and music journalists to enter their qualified works on the AFRIMA website: www.afrima.org, and the awards social media platforms
Kuti, tweeted on his Twitter handle on Tuesday, @femiakuti: “Off to Adamawa to continue my humanitarian work with the IRC in the IDP camps”
Ironically, President Buhari’s sanctimony seems at variance with the government he leads
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, the President of the group, made the remark in a statement to pay tribute to Ransome-Kuti, who was a board Chairman of Women Arise for Change in his lifetime
The Lagos-based Afrobeat star said he would raise awareness among young Nigerians and encourage them to demand a greater humanitarian response, having visited Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on Monday
Ambode stated this when the AFRIMA nominees and organizers, led by the Managing Director, Mike Dada, paid him a courtesy visit on Saturday at the Government House, Ikeja
Femi, however, believes more she could have been attacked and dumped at the spot where she was found at Grammar School Bus Stop in Omole area of Lagos State rather than the theory of the hit and run driver.
He said this was because nothing was found on her