icon, Bob Marley who was recently
granted an honorary citizen of Ghana is
expected in Nigeria as a Special Guest at
this year's Felabration festival.
Sources close to the organisers of the
annual event, disclosed that, at a
meeting in Ghana last week with Yeni
Kuti, founder of the Felabration brand
and Mr. Theo Lawson, chairman,
Felabration Organisation Committee,
Mrs Marley agreed to be a Special Guest
Speaker at this year's Felabration
symposium. While this year's
symposium has, "Movement of the
People : The Fela-Bob Marley
Perspective" as its topic, the theme for
the event, according to the organisers, is
fashioned to rekindle the people-oriented
messages which these two mega stars
imbibed while they lived.
It is on record however, that both Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti and Bob Marley
popularised the theme "Movement Of
The People" in their various works. Fela's
political party was called Movement of
the People(M.O.P) and he also released a
hit tune that identified with that same
title. On the other hand, Bob Marley
equally had a hit album titled; Exodus:
Movement of Jah People.
Showtime gathered that one of the sons
of the late reggae legend will be
performing with his band at the week-
long festival which commences from
October 14 through October 20. He is
said to have agreed to break out of his
current global tour to grace the event.
According to our sources, the late reggae
icon's son will be sharing the stage at
some point with the the two sons of the
Afro beat king, Fela, Femi Kuti and his
younger brother Seun Kuti, who
currently leads the Fela's Egypt '80
band.
For anything, Fela and Bob Marley never
shared a common stage, despite the
mutual respect they had for each other
while they lived. But no doubt their
children are poise to existing bridge the
gap.
Rita Marley, who after the death of the
Rastafarian advocate emerged a
principle figure on the global musical
scene is storming the country to rekindle
the undying spirit of the black
movement as propagated by her late
husband.
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