‘ Fela and the Kalakuta Queens’ is currently the longest running plays in the Nigeria theatres.
The Bolanle Peters directed play remains on by popular demand.
See story below:
Fela’s political radicalism sets off a vicious attack on Kalakuta Republic during which Fela and his women are fatally beaten, some raped and his mother thrown out of a window.
To mark the anniversary of the attack and also to protect his women from the stigma placed on them by the society; Fela decides to marry twenty-seven of them in a ceremony officiated by an Ifa Priest. Fela and the Kalakuta Queens is a story that gives the women the recognition they deserve.
If you are in Abuja then you should fix a date to see it.
