The seventh edition of Felabration, the annual
musical festival dedicated to late Nigerian
Afrobeat music legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
took off last night with great performance from
a mix of old and new artistes led by Afro-Juju
music star, Sir Shina Peters.Pictures after the cut Felabration, which started with a symposium
titled: “Movement of the People: The Fela/Bob
Marley Perspective” on Monday, had thousands
of music lovers thronged the New Afrika Shrine
in Alausa Central Business District, Ikeja, Lagos
for the concert aspect of the festival. And they were treated to an amazing night
with different genres of music from traditional
to the contemporary. The concert started at about 8p.m with Femi
Kuti’s Positive Band setting the mood right with
numbers of Jazz tunes and some of Fela’s hit
songs. They later vacated the stage for scores
of up and coming artistes coming on stage one
after the other to showcase their talents. These burgeoning artistes warmed up the night for
some rave artistes like Orezi, Rayce, Shank,
Flowsick and Olamide, to up the tempo. Olamide, who breezed in from the United
Kingdom where he had a sold out concert at
the O2 Arena, was the star of the night. His
arrival on stage was heralded by a tumultuous
holler and applause by many inside the Shrine
and others who were monitoring the show from a large screen placed outside the shrine. The YBNL rap star, who for about 30 minutes
belted out hit after hit including Badoo,
Durosoke, Go Down Low and his latest single,
Yemi My Lover, intermittently laced his
performance with many street lingos that got
many yelling. Olamide quit the stage for the concert host,
comedian Omo Baba, who treated the audience
to rib-cracking jokes and set the stage for
another of the night’s headlines, DJ Jimmy Jatt.
While on stage, Omo Baba announced that
today is Jimmy Jatt’s birthday and asked all to sing and wish him a happy birthday. The Africa’s numero uno DJ later took over the
wheel of steel and for one hour, he thrilled the
audience to a non-stop mix of old skool tunes
and ended it with contemporary songs. Afro Juju music creator, SSP, rounded off the
concert at around 5 a.m with his fast-paced
beats. Sporting a black blazer, white shirt,
white jeans and black skull cap, SSP had
everyone including some Caucasians on their
feet, dancing and sing along most of his hits. The festival continues tonight with some top
stars set to storm the stage from 8 p.m. Among
the artistes expected are W4, Reminisce, Tunde
Ednut, Skales, Sheyman, Waconzy, Prince
Wadada, LKT, YQ and Tolu Obey. DJ XClusive
and Dotun are expected to be on the wheel of steel. Meanwhile, Kymani Marley, son of reggae
music legend, Bob Marley, is one of the top acts
that will be performing at this year’s
Felabration. Also expected at the annual festival are Fuji
music czar, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, 2Face
Idibia and rap star M.I among others. The festival’s street carnival will hold on
Saturday 19 October, across the streets of
Ikeja, Lagos. This will include street dances, choreographed
dancing and brilliant display by colourfully
attired gymnasts performing atop flatbed
trucks. The high point of this year’s festival will be the
20 October performance of Femi Kuti and
Kymani Marley on same stage

Honestly I was there and it was a REAL Life
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wat is felabration?

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nmikolopo la olamide shinpu shina peters. sretae kcroc

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stexsy: wat is felabration?

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A celebration in memory of fela kuti

fela + celebration...done on his bday period