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Fela Kuti

Guerilla Dance Project performing at the official launch party to celebrate the return of the musical Fela! to Atlanta  (Photo Credit: Mark Harris of Sirrah Media)

Atlanta gears up for hit Broadway musical 'Fela!'

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The official launch party to celebrate the return of 'Fela!' to Atlanta took place Friday at a funky venue in the downtown district...
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This Feb. 17, 2012 file photo shows singer-actress Michelle Williams at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles. Williams is joining the latest national tour of the musical “Fela!” Producers said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, the singer who starred on the UPN sitcom “Half & Half” will be onstage when the tour opens at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29. Williams, part of Destiny's Child along with Kelly Rowland and Beyonce, is now solo artist who released the dance album “Unexpected” and the single “On The Run.” (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

Michelle Williams joining tour of 'Fela!'

Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams is joining the latest national tour of the musical 'Fela!'...
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A man takes a call on the balcony of Kalakuta Museum in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. The family of late Afrobeat singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti celebrated the opening of the Kalakuta Museum on Monday in Lagos in the home the musician once lived in. The opening of the museum comes during Felabration, an annual music festival honoring the singer. (AP Photo / Sunday Alamba)

New Nigeria museum honors late Afrobeat singer Fela Kuti

Chika Oduah
theGRIO REPORT - Kingston, Jamaica has the Bob Marley Museum. Memphis, Tennessee has Elvis Presley’s Graceland. For the first time ever, fans of the Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti can visit the Kalakuta Museum in Lagos, Nigeria...
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Remembering black celebs who died of AIDS

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
SLIDESHOW - Black celebrities who have died of AIDS sometimes do not receive the attention that others lost to this terrible disease often do. TheGrio wants to say: We remember you...
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Broadway's 'Fela!' cast performs for Nigerian fans

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The Broadway cast of "Fela" introduced Afrobeat superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti to hundreds of thousands of new American fans...
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Award-winning musical 'Fela!' coming to Nigeria

theGrio
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Producers say the show -- starring its original Broadway cast, including actor Sahr Ngaujah portraying Anikulapo-Kuti -- will be performed from April 20 to April 25 in Lagos...
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Author seeks shutdown of 'Fela!' Broadway musical

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NEW YORK (AP) -'Fela!' tells the life story of the international music legend, who was known for his fight against corruption and injustice...
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TheGrio's 100: Bill T. Jones, activism through movement

Talia Whyte
TheGrio's 100 - Some choose to protest with marches and picket signs. Bill T. Jones chose dance...
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'Fela' brings Nigeria to Broadway

Sonia Narang
VIDEO - Walk into the Eugene O'Neill Theater in New York City, and you'll see it's decked out in African masks, revolutionary murals, disco balls, a map of Africa...
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