The first Black President
September 5, 2008 by Sean Jacobs
Ben Brantley in The New York Times reviews Bill T Jones’s musical, FELA!, based on the life of the Nigerian afrobeat artist. The musical is currently on an Off-Broadway run.
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[...] haveĀ LOVED to see and inevitably dance to. Here’s a gold star review in the NY Times (via Africa is a country) of the translation by award winning choreographer and director, Bill T JonesĀ (noteworthy [...]
Another nice review on the Afrofunk Music Forum.