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Fela Kuti was born on October 15, 1938 #Afrobeat #Felabration

October 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM

Chris Vick

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Felabration youtu.be/zRAiKPXxf9c?... @capemanchris.bsky.social @enghumbhini.bsky.social @debbs-flo.bsky.social @thamikantuli.bsky.social @fatfreddysdrop.bsky.social @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social @julianrademeyer.bsky.social @andrevlok.bsky.social @charles257.bsky.social @johnedwinmason.bsky.social

Dele Sosimi - Money Get Power (Felabration 2016)

YouTube video by Fela Kuti

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February 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM

mmr

@mmr3cords.bsky.social

Long-form repetition connects Afrobeat and techno more than people realize.

AFROBEATS: Femi Kuti Performs At The 2017 Felabration Festival youtu.be/Y_U4qPR-c38

AFROBEATS: Femi Kuti Performs At The 2017 Felabration Festival

YouTube video by SaharaTV

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May 21, 2026 at 9:44 AM

Ademidun_C

@ademidun.bsky.social

Happy New Year,
FELABRATION❤️

January 5, 2024 at 9:14 AM

average Lingua Ignota enjoyer

@lolelewis.bsky.social

Could have repeated this outfit to Felabration. Alas, introversion.

October 19, 2024 at 10:47 AM

Christian Robert

@fidus.bsky.social

#felabration

August 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM

antonella sinopoli

@antosinopoli.bsky.social

Un #podcast dedicato al re dell'#Afrobeat, #FelaKuti.
Dal 15 ottobre, 12 episodi raccontano la vita e l'eredità del leggendario musicista e attivista nigeriano. Il lancio nel giorno della sua nascita e del Felabration, festival annuale di Lagos dedicato alla figura e alla musica dell’artista

“Fela Kuti: Fear No Man”. Un podcast celebra il re dell’afrobeat

Disponibili dal 15 ottobre, 12 episodi del podcast raccontano la vita e l'eredità del leggendario musicista e attivista nigeriano Fela Kuti

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October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Ryan Janus

@ryanjanus.bsky.social

Have you listened to any Newen Afrobeat? Some great Fela covers, but also very solid original albums.

Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck - Opposite People (Fela Kuti)

Luego de haber participado en el festival Felabration 2015, que se lleva a cabo en Lagos, Nigeria, y haber compartido con la familia Kuti, Newen Afrobeat se ...

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November 14, 2023 at 2:03 PM

Mike Ross

@cllrmikeross.bsky.social

Felabration! Took five minutes out to visit the special exhibition as part of Black History Month at Wilberforce House. It tells the story of Afrobeat and it's founder, Fela Kuti. Good to see Nigel Taylor narrating the video on Clave too. Go see it while you.

October 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Dr. Farad Mann

@mannmitfahrrad.eurosky.social

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Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck - Opposite People (Fela Kuti)

Luego de haber participado en el festival Felabration 2015, que se lleva a cabo en Lagos, Nigeria, y haber compartido con la familia Kuti, Newen Afrobeat se ...

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December 13, 2023 at 9:31 AM

Stéphane SG*📸

@stephane-sg.bsky.social

🎧 Si tu as 15 minutes devant toi, que tu aimes l'afrobeat, que tu n'es pas encore tombé sur cette reprise d'"Opposite People" de Fela Kuti par "Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck"... ben tu attends quoi ? Have fun !

Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck - Opposite People (Fela Kuti)

Luego de haber participado en el festival Felabration 2015, que se lleva a cabo en Lagos, Nigeria, y haber compartido con la familia Kuti, Newen Afrobeat se ...

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October 30, 2023 at 9:29 PM

Jansen Mann

@hellojansen.com

So good. Happy Wednesday...

Newen Afrobeat & Seun Kuti - Zombie (Fela Kuti)

En 2018, Newen Afrobeat vuelve a Nigeria para compartir con la familia Kuti y participar de Felabration Lagos por segunda vez. Unos meses más tarde, se produce un nuevo encuentro entre Seun y Newen Afrobeat, esta vez en Santiago de Chile con motivo de Lollapalooza 2019, donde en los días posteriores se graba esta sesión en vivo en La Makinita en una sola toma. La canción escogida es Zombie, lanzada por Fela Kuti el año 1977 y que habla de la brutalidad de la policía contra su propio pueblo. Una especie de premonición con lo que sucedería en octubre de ese mismo año en Chile donde tras el estallido social más relevante de las últimas décadas, la policía chilena torturó, mutiló y mató a cientos de personas que se manifestaban por un Chile más justo. In 2018, Newen Afrobeat returns to Nigeria to share with the Kuti family and participate in Felabration Lagos for the second time. A few months later, there is a new meeting between Seun and Newen Afrobeat, this time in Santiago de Chile on Lollapalooza 2019, and in the following days this session was recorded live at “La Makinita” in a single take. The chosen song is Zombie, released by Fela Kuti in 1977 and which speaks of the brutality of the police against their own people. A kind of premonition with what would happen in October of that same year in Chile where, after the most relevant social outbreak in recent decades, the Chilean police tortured, mutilated and killed hundreds of people who were demonstrating for a more just Chile. NEWEN AFROBEAT & SEUN KUTI Seun Kuti - Lead Vocals & Alto Sax Fran Ri - Lead Vocals Francisca Castro - Backing vocals Macarena Rozic - Backing vocals Enrique Camhi - Trumpet Maururu SanchezFlores - Trumpet Diego González - Trumpet Klaus Brantmayer - Alto sax Marcelo Morales - Tenor sax Aldo Gómez - Baritone sax Diego Alarcón - Keyboard Martín Concha - Electric guitar Seba Crooks - Electric guitar Alvaro Quintas - Bass Tomás Pavez - Percussions Alejandro 'El Galita' Orellana - Congas, bongoes, kpalongo and accesories Roberto Gevert - Drums Recorded by Cristian Zamora (Pini) on "Estudios La Makinita", April 2019, Santiago de Chile Audiovisual montage by Camilo Carrasco Cameras by Camilo Carrasco, Jennifer Maçan, Claudio "Karita" Parra Video postproduction by Matías Cerón, Vania Soto Mixed and Mastered by Jorge ‘Pluto’ Abarca Produced by Tino Canessa / Lichens Family Follow us on: Spotify: shorturl.at/oryCI Instagram: www.instagram.com/newenafrobeat/

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February 7, 2024 at 8:33 PM

ladeltopo.bsky.social

@ladeltopo.bsky.social

Tremenda selección para celebrar el cumple de Fela Kuti. Toda el ñermiso de paternidad moviendo buyate con ritmos africanos.

AfricaPachanga 16/Oct/2024 - Especial FELABRATION 2024 - Música Africana Afrobeat go.ivoox.com/rf/134918751