Fela! (The musical)
This is the real Fela Kuti
Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith present Fela! A musical inspired by the book Fela: This Bitch of a Life by Carlos Moore.
Fela! is a musical with a book by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis, based on music and lyrics by the late Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, with additional music by Aaron Johnson and Jordan Mclean and additional lyrics by Jim Lewis. It is based on events in the life of groundbreaking Nigerian composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. It portrays Kuti in the days when he was the target of 1,000 government soldiers assigned to end his public performances at the legendary Lagos nightclub The Shrine.
I went to see it last night and it was excellent!
