The nonprofit National Theater in London has announced it will undertake the production of the new broadway musical “Fela!” this November 2010. The National Theater typically produces its own plays, musicals and revivals. The Theater’s interest in Fela! is according to its leaders based on the fact that it is unlike anything now in London. They …
Is 9ice the Next Fela?
A self proclaimed “artist, poet and custodian of tradition and the Nigerian culture,” 9ice, like the great African musical icon-Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is dynamic, authentic and uncompromising, especially when it comes to his decision to sing in his native language. Influenced by the communication style of his now 75 year old step-mother who raised him, …