Fela | Encomium Magazine

Celebrating Fela 20 years after: Fela’s big band

August 2, 2017 - 9:36 pm

THE orchestra of “Abami Eda”, criticised by promoters for being too large was awesome. At every point in time …

August 2, 2017 - 9:27 pm

“WE are building a monster society,” on Giwa’s death (as quoted in Daily Times of October 24, 1984). …

August 2, 2017 - 9:09 pm

THE President of Kalakuta Republic and Chief Priest of Afrika Shrine, Fela has been accused of almost all the …

August 2, 2017 - 8:31 pm

THE last two weeks of Fela’s life was spent in opulence at the luxurious Victoria Island Consultancy and Hospital …

August 2, 2017 - 8:21 pm

THE regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-1979) single-handedly ruined Fela materially. The invasion of his Kalakuta Republic, at Moshalashi, …

August 2, 2017 - 7:09 pm

As the news of Fela’s death broke on public radio and television, panic, anxiety and suspicion reigned. Is he …

August 2, 2017 - 6:58 pm

The death of a legend like the king of classical African music and one of the 100 people that …

October 21, 2015 - 12:30 pm

Despite passing on some 17 years ago, the legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the king of afrobeat music is …

September 27, 2015 - 11:00 am

THIS year’s Felabration promises to be the most talked about as the organizers are already crossing their ‘t’s and …

December 24, 2014 - 12:30 pm

COME Saturday, June 16, 2012, Afrobeat king and three-time Grammy Awards nominee, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti will join the league of …

April 3, 2014 - 12:48 pm

…As Nigerian Idol kicks off Top 30 rounds The legacy and memories of the Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuit surely …

December 5, 2013 - 5:11 pm

Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, has since his breakthrough single, Like to party last year continued to …

October 21, 2013 - 1:44 pm

THE 2013 Felabration featured top performances from music stars. The event which held between Tuesday, October 15 and Saturday, …