Fela museum which has been renamed ‘Kalakuta Republic’ Museum on Gbemisola Street, Ikeja, Lagos State Southwest Nigeria, was formally opened today. Home of late Afrobeat King, Fela Anikulapo\u2013Kuti has been turned into a museum. The museum was financed by the Lagos State government and houses all Fela’s memorabilia, including his clothes, shoes, equipment and other items.<\/p>\n
The event was tagged soft opening, according to Fela’s daughter, Yeni Kuti.<\/p>\n
The museum consists of his bedroom, sitting rooms, photographs, with over 3,000 of Fela’s clothes on display.<\/p>\n
She said the hotel and other aspects of the museum will be commissioned later. Yeni said the public will be able to see the last bedsheet Fela used before he died in 1997, his saxophone and others.<\/p>\n
Fela’s producer and artist, Lemmy Gariokwu, the curator of the museum, said by the time other necessary things have been put in place people will be seeing Fela as in his real life.<\/p>\n
As at the time of filing this report, a symposium tagged Fela the Great with a topic: “Corruption and Generation Next” was ongoing at NECA House auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.<\/p>\n
Speakers at the symposium include Feti Atta, Ndidi Nwuneli, Supo Sasore, SAN, and Professor Michael Veal. The symposium was moderated by Prince Yemisi Shyllon.<\/p>\n
Felabration continues tomorrow with a live performance by top Nigerians and foreign stars.<\/p>\n
Source P.M News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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