-French President to visit fela’s Shrine

YBTC News-It is hard to think of Fela’s Shrine without thinking of marijuana and protest music.

French President Emmanuel Macron will be visiting the Shrine on teuesday, 3 July, 2018.

But it appears Macron doesn’t really mind as he becomes the first President to step into the night club founded by Nigerian Afropop legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Meanwhile, Macron won’t pass as a stranger in Nigeria. He trained as a senior civil servant at the French Embassy in Lagos in 2004, seven years after Fela died.

The Afrika Shrine located in the heart of Lagos district of Ikeja replaced Fela Kuti’s original club that burnt down in 1977, but for millions of fans it still represents the original Shrine built by the social activist.

“The Shrine is a must-see place,”

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