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#FelaKuti

  1. Felabration 2026, the annual festival for Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, runs at the New Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos, from Monday, 12 October to Sunday, 18 October 2026.
  2. Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 and Made Kuti head the line-up, with Musiliu Haruna Ishola, Terry Apala, Atawewe and Ice Prince among the guests, Voice of Nigeria reported on 10 October.
  3. Thursday, 15 October 2026 would have been Fela's 88th birthday, and this is the first Felabration since the Recording Academy gave him a lifetime achievement award early in 2026.
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Music · 4 min read

Felabration 2026 at the Shrine: Femi, Seun and Made Kuti headline the week

The week-long party for Fela Anikulapo-Kuti runs from Monday, 12 October to Sunday, 18 October in Ikeja, and it is the first since the Grammys gave the Afrobeat pioneer a lifetime achievement award.

Felabration 2026 runs from Monday, 12 October to Sunday, 18 October at the New Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos, with Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 and Made Kuti named as the week's headline acts, Voice of Nigeria reported on Saturday, 10 October. Right in the middle of the week sits Thursday, 15 October, which…

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  1. Actor Andrew Garfield told the YouTube music show Track Star, in an episode released on 2 September 2026, that Fela Kuti's music shaped his Spider-Man.
  2. Garfield said the way he moved in the Spider-Man suit drew on Fela, and that Fela's revolutionary politics gave Peter Parker a justice-seeking streak.
  3. A clip of the interview spread on Nigerian social media on Tuesday, 29 September 2026; the full episode is free to watch on YouTube in Nigeria.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Andrew Garfield credits Fela Kuti for how his Spider-Man moved

The Oscar-nominated actor says a Fela playlist shaped his body language and sense of justice as Peter Parker. He said it on Track Star in early September; the clip hit Nigerian timelines on Tuesday.

Andrew Garfield has credited Fela Kuti for the way his Spider-Man moved. The British-American actor told the music show Track Star that he made a playlist for the role and that Nigeria's Afrobeat pioneer ended up at the centre of it. Garfield said he started listening to Fela when he first got the part. "There was something about the sound…

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