Hope you all had a fabulous Easter weekend! (Don't be ashamed to admit that you went Easter egg hunting; I know I did!)The amount of cookies, chocolate eggs and candy I consumed should be a sin...but I digress. The reason I am so excited today and currently jamming to Fela Kuti on Pandora is because Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 were live in NY!!!!!
Yesterday evening after all the Easter festivities, I ended up in the Big Apple with some of my FAB dolls to see Seun Kuti in concert at the Highland Ballroom! Hands down one of my favorite concerts to date!
"If you can enjoy this music, then it means we are the same" -Seun Kuti, 4.8.12
The band was amazing, the opening act was so good he had me wondering if he was in any way related to the Kuti-Klan! And of course Mr. Seun Kuti himself brought down the full house with his amazing dancers (special shout out to FAB doll Yetunde) and the engaging Egypt 80 band! I don't think I've danced that much in a while, definitely danced my shoes off (literally).
"Same shit, in varying degrees but same shit; look into humanity and the struggle is the same" -Seun Kuti, 4.8.12
It was such a fun way to wrap up the holiday weekend, and definitely had me wondering how my grandmother and her crew tore it up at Fela Kuti concerts back in the day (my grandma can Azonto better than any of you, yesso!) ;-)
"Man has no right to tell nature what to do" -Seun Kuti, 4.8.12
Be sure to catch Fela on Broadway if you can- they're currently on tour
Fela Lives yall!!!
xoxo
SiSi
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