Audio adaptation of broadway musical ‘FELA!’ to debut on Clubhouse

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The production will feature an interpretation of Bill T. Jones’ and Jim Lewis’ original FELA! script framing the #Endsars movement in the context of Fela Kuti’s legacy.

Come May 15 and 16, 2021, the audio adaptation of the Broadway musical ‘FELA!’ will make its debut on Clubhouse, the popular audio chat platform.

Titled ‘Fela Ten Twenty’, the adaptation will feature a new interpretation of Bill T. Jones’ and Jim Lewis’ original ‘FELA!’ script, framing the #EndSARS movement in the context of Fela Kuti’s legacy. Music for the production will be recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, by The Cavemen, the band rekindling Nigerian highlife with their new album Roots.

Others are, Adeola Adebari as Tunde, Muhammed Agboluaje as the Driver, LaToya Ransom as the Radio Journalist, and Aliu Ajala as the Babalawo.

 

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