Every Saturday, presenting The Talks, Bookchats and Special presentations; The platform is a space for reflection, dialogue, and discovery. It brings together thinkers, artists, and dreamers to unpack Fela Kuti’s ideas, confront the questions he raised, and explore how his vision still resonates in today’s world.
The Talk
Fela’s legacy meets today’s conversations. Artists, scholars, cultural thinkers, and others gather to examine the social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of Fela Kuti’s life and work.
BookChat
Not just readings, but literature meets the music of thought and features immersive silent disco parties where attendees use headphones to a specially curated afrobeat playlist.
Saturday 18th Oct.
The Talks: Unfiltered Fela
The Public Thinker
5pm
Saturday 25th Oct.
Bookchat: Kalakuta Republic
Community, Resistance, State Violence
3pm
The Talks
Afrobeat in the Making
5pm
Saturday 1st, Nov.
The Talk: Fela’s Lyrics
Go Into the Lyrics
5pm
Saturday 8th Nov.
Bookchat: Becoming Fela
The Making of a Revolutionary
3pm
The Talks: Fela’s Politics
Movement of the People
5pm
Saturday 15th Nov.
The Talks: Fela and Dance
Dance in the Afrobeat Protest
5pm
Special Presentation
Dance, From Freedom by the MUD ART
7pm
Saturday 22nd Nov.
Bookchat: Music is the Weapon
The Music & The Movement
3pm
The Talks: Fela’s Influence on Music
Afrobeat: Bloodline & Blueprint
5pm
Saturday 29th Nov.
Special Presentation
Oro Abami - Spoken words finale
3pm
The Talks: Fela and Fashion
What the Rebel Wore
5pm
Saturday 6th Dec.
Bookchat: Fela and the Women
Freedom & the Women Who Paid the Price
3pm
The Talks: Fela and Women
Patriarch or Provocateur?
5pm
Saturday 13th Dec.
Fela and I
Life and Influence
5pm
Saturday 20th Dec.
The Talks: Fela
Legacy, Lineage & The Kuti Women
3pm
Bookchat: Rebel Rhythms Listening Party
The Beat Never Died
5pm