Femi Kuti, Musician :: 120 Seconds
Grammy-nominated, Nigerian musician Femi Kuti explains the importance of African unity and awareness given the continent’s colonial history and current political systems as the impetus for his new album, Africa for Africa.
Events We Love :: Femi Kuti at Lincoln Center
If you’re unfamiliar with Afrobeat, a Nigerian brand of funk unlike any other, you may have been living under a rock for the past twenty years. But Femi Kuti, the son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, is here to drag you out from under that rock, hips shaking the whole the way.
As a part of Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing program, Femi Kuti + The Positive Force will be playing on Monday, July 12th. The performance will be preceded by a dance lesson by Maija Garcia, the associate choreographer of FELA!, the Afrobeat Broadway musical based on Femi’s father’s work. DJ duties will be handled by Rich Medina with Sahr.
The dance lesson begins at 6:30, the performance begins at 7:30.
Musicals We Love :: Fela! on Broadway
From the minute you walk into the theater, you’re greeted with the winding, sultry sounds of Antibalas and suddenly realize you’ve stepped into a new kind of Broadway musical. Fela! is a show where the audience is the unexpected character that is swept into the performance, dancing, singing and responding to the energy bouncing off the stage and into the aisles. What else did you expect from a show that takes place at Fela’s legendary Shrine nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria in the late ’70s?
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