THE orchestra of “Abami Eda”, criticised by promoters for being too large was awesome. At every point in time during his performance, Fela usually had more than 40 people on stage doing different things. The spectacle was applauded by many, and the musician himself was obsessed with the size of his band.
Apart from musicians, singers and dancers, Fela had more than a hundred people in his group.
And usually, all of them are taken along during shows. Two luxury buses are usually on stand-by during these shows.
These are some of his band members:
- LEKAN ANIMASHAUN
- RILWAN FAGBEMI
- OYINADE ADENIRAN
- STEPHEN UKEM
- OLUBODUN AJA YI
- MUYIW A KUMUYI
- MOSUNMOLA KEHINDE
- DAVID OBA YEOO
- KUNLE FATUNASE
- ALEX OKP ARA
- A. B. ALADE
- TUGBO T AMUNO
- ROTIMI ATARIOGUN
- ARTHUR GEORGE
- IBRAHIM IOODO
- FOSIBOR OKAFOR
- MICHAELOBEATIA
- DELE aLA YINKA
- WALE TORIOLA
- EMMANUEL OKOBE
- AJA YI ADEBIYI
- ALPHONSOSSAWALA
- TENI BROWN
- KOLAWOLE ONASANYA
- AJIMELE ISSESELE
SINGERS
- FEYINTOLA ANIKULAPO-KUTI
- IYASE
- IROHA
- FOLAKE
- ESHA
- CHINEDU