Fela!

***Fela!*** wani kida ne na jukebox tare da littafin Bill T. Jones da Jim Lewis, bisa kade-kade da wakokin Marigayi dan Najeriya Fela Kuti, tare da karin wakokin Aaron Johnson da Jordan McLean da karin wakokin Jim Lewis. Ya dogara ne akan abubuwan da suka faru a rayuwar fitaccen mawakin Najeriya kuma ɗan gwagwarmaya Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Hakan ya nuna Kuti a zamanin da ya kai hari ga sojojin gwamnati 1,000 da aka ba shi don kawo karshen wasannin da yake yi a babban gidan rawa na Legas mai suna The Shrine.

Waƙar ta gudana Off-Broadway na wata ɗaya a cikin 2008. An ƙaddamar da shi a Broadway a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Eugene O'Neill a ranar Nuwamba 23, 2009, kuma ya gudana har zuwa Janairu 2011. Ayyukan Off-Broadway ya lashe lambar yabo ta Lucille Lortel don Kyauta mafi kyawun Kiɗa, Fitaccen Choreographer don Fitaccen Mawaƙin Dr. Samar da Broadway ya karɓi zaɓe na 2010 Tony Award na goma sha ɗaya kuma ya sami Mafi kyawun Choreography, Mafi kyawun Kayan Kaya a cikin Kiɗa, da Mafi kyawun Tsarin Sauti na Musical .  Fim ɗin shirin na Alex Gibney na 2014 *Gano Fela* ya biyo bayan ɓangarori na kiɗan Broadway, kuma ya zana sosai akan hirarraki da Jones. 

## Abubuwan samarwa
*Fela!* An buɗe shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Off-Broadway 37 Arts B a ranar 4 ga Satumba, 2008, kuma an rufe shi a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2008. Bill T. Jones, Steve Hendel da Jim Lewis ne suka yi cikinsa, Jones ne suka jagoranta kuma suka rubuta shi. An tsara samarwa ta hanyar Marina Draghici (alal misali da kayayyaki) Robert Wierzel (lighting) Peter Nigrini (aikin) da Robert Kaplowitz (sauti). Simintin ya nuna Sahr Ngaujah a matsayin Fela da Abena Koomson a matsayin Funmilayo, mahaifiyar Fela. 

Aikin Broadway ya fara samfoti a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Eugene O'Neill a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 2009, kuma an buɗe shi a hukumance a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba. Bugu da ƙari kuma Jones ya ba da umarni kuma ya buga shi, simintin ya haɗa da Ngaujah da Kevin Mambo a matsayin Fela, Saycon Sengbloh da Michelle Williams kamar yadda Sandra (Williams ya buga Sandra a matsayin White a cikin 20).  Patti LaBelle ya maye gurbin Lillias White a matsayin Funmilayo a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 2010. An rufe samarwa a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 2011.   Ayyukan Broadway sun karbi kyautar Tony Award goma sha ɗaya, ciki har da daya don Mafi kyawun Musical, mafi yawan kowane samarwa a wannan kakar, tare da farfadowa na *La Cage aux Folles* .  

Domin duka shirye-shiryen biyu, An shirya kidan Kuti kuma an yi shi ta hanyar Antibalas na tushen Brooklyn kuma yana nuna tenor saxophone soloist Stuart D. Bogie.

Ayyukan London, wanda aka shirya a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na National Theater 's Olivier, ya fara samfoti a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba, 2010, tare da bude dare a kan Nuwamba 16. Ya gudana a cikin repertoire tare da sauran kayan wasan kwaikwayo na kasa, kuma an buga shi a duniya a cikin 2011 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kasa Live . Sahr Ngaujah da Kevin Mambo sun fito a cikin simintin gyare-gyare,  da kuma Dele Sosimi, tsohon ɗan wasan keyboard na Fela, yana mai da nasa rawar. A cikin 2011 wani samarwa ya gudana a Sadler's Wells a Islington na London.

*Fela!* rangadi a Arewacin Amurka. An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayon nasa a watan Satumba na 2011 a Harman Center for Arts a Washington, DC An buɗe samarwa a Kanada a watan Oktoba 2011 a Canon Theater a Toronto, tare da Sahr Ngaujah da Adesola Osakalumi, tare da shirye-shiryen gudu har zuwa Nuwamba 2011. Daga Nuwamba zuwa Disamba 2011 ya buga a Curran Theater . Daga Disamba 2011 zuwa Janairu 2012 da samarwa buga a Ahmanson Theater na Los Angeles Music Center, inda ya dawo a karo na biyu gudu a Afrilu da Mayu 2013. The musical yana da iyaka komawa alkawari a Broadway a Al Hirschfeld gidan wasan kwaikwayo daga Yuli 2012 zuwa Agusta 2012. The m sa'an nan ya ci gaba da wasa a kan ta duniya, Japan, kuma a cikin Afrika, da Australia, da kuma Australia zuwa yawon shakatawa. 

## Lambobin kiɗa
 

## Martani
Samar da Kashe-Broadway na 2008 ya sami tabbataccen bita gabaɗaya. Ben Brantley na *[[New York Times]]* ya lura:

David Rooney na *Iri-iri* ya bayyana cewa: "Abin da ba shi da tsari da ra'ayi [shi] ya haɗa da zafi, kuzari da sha'awa. Kamar *faɗuwar* yanayi na ƙarshe da kuma farfaɗowar *gashi* na bazara, wannan hoton raye-rayen raye-raye na raye-raye yana nufin zama gidan wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya na gargajiya fiye da kwarewar cathartic, yana lalata sha'awar sadarwar sa tare da cututtukan zuciya da cututtukan zuciya. " Binciken ya kara da cewa: "Wataƙila za a iya samun ƙarin rubutu a cikin hoto na tsakiya na tsakiya, yana ba da haske mai zurfi game da mai nuna ra'ayi mai ban sha'awa, kuma duk wanda ke tsammanin cikakken labarin rayuwa zai iya zama takaici. Halin da Fela ya yi game da mata yana ba da shawara maimakon bincike, da kuma rayuwarsa ta baya, aikinsa na siyasa da kuma mutuwa daga cutar AIDS a cikin 1997 ba ya nan da rashin lafiya a cikin 1997 ba a nan don nuna aikin da aka yi na Peter's. wannan yana da ɓarna mai ƙarfi, visceral da jigilar kaya."  Les Gutman na mujallar intanet *CurtainUp* ya ma fi sha'awar, yana kiran kidan "ɗayan mafi kyawun abubuwan wasan kwaikwayo na gani da ake iya tunanin" da kuma "taska na gaskiya". 

Ayyukan yawon shakatawa sun sami kyakkyawan bita daga *The Globe and Mail* 's J. Kelly Nestruck, wanda ya ba da misali da wasan kwaikwayon Sahr Ngaujah don yabo na musamman, a matsayin "tallakar da ƙarfin rai na mawaƙa mai mahimmanci" a cikin "wasan kwaikwayo mai cike da gumi". Nestruck ya lura cewa

## Rigingimu da kararraki
A cikin Yuli 2010, mai daukar hoto na New York Marilyn Nance ta nemi diyya daga wasan kwaikwayon, tana mai da'awar amfani da ɗayan hotunanta ba tare da izini ba.   

A cikin Nuwamba 2010, marubuci kuma masanin tarihi Carlos Moore, marubucin 1982 da aka ba da izini ga tarihin Fela Kuti, *Fela, Fela!* *Wannan Bikin Rayuwa!*, ya kai karar furodusan *Fela!* don cin zarafin haƙƙin mallaka,   kuma sun nemi kotuna da su rufe wasan kwaikwayon.   A cikin Disamba 2011, an warware karar ba tare da kotu ba, kuma an yarda cewa duk takardun wasan kwaikwayo da kayan haɗin gwiwa za su sami amincewa daga yanzu cewa littafin Moore ya yi wahayi zuwa ga kiɗan. 

## Labari
*Fela!* ya faru ne a shekara ta 1977, a daidai lokacin da Fela Kuti ya yi tasiri a matsayin mawaki kuma mawaki a Najeriya. Kuti ya kasance mafarin sautin Afrobeat, kuma waƙar ta buɗe tare da shi yana jawabi ga masu sauraro daga wani wasan kide-kide a kulob dinsa, Afrika Shrine a birni mafi girma a Najeriya, Legas . Kuti ya yi nuni da cewa, dakin ibada na Afrika ya zama wurin da ya shahara sosai, kuma wurin taron matasa masu adawa da mulkin kama-karya na sojan Najeriya. Kamar yadda wani mai suka ya bayyana yawancin rabin farkon wasan kwaikwayon:

Kuti ya bayyana irin yadda ya shiga tsakanin mutunta misali da mahaifiyarsa, Funmilayo, malami kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a a Najeriya, da neman shahara da kuma son sa a wasu lokutan. A hankali ya kara shiga cikin adawa da gwamnatin sojan Najeriya, kuma wakokinsa sun zama siyasa a fili. Gwamnatin ta mayar da martani ga tsokana tare da ƙara tashin hankali. Kuti ya dage ya saki Zombie, abin da ke fitowa fili yana sukar gwamnatin Najeriya. Nunin ya nuna farmakin da sojoji suka kai a harabar Kuti (kwamtin da ya kira Jamhuriyar Kalakuta), da sojoji 1000 suka ruwaito, wanda ya biyo bayan sakin Zombie . Harin ya kai ga gallazawa Kuti da matansa da sauran al’ummar garin da kuma kashe mahaifiyarsa. An kammala wasan kwaikwayon tare da zanga-zangar da Kuti ya shirya a watan Oktoba na 1979, tare da rakiyar danginsa da membobin Majagaba na Matasan Afirka. An gudanar da zanga-zangar ne a rana daya kafin Janar Olusegun Obasanjo ya yi ritaya daga shugabancin Najeriya a karon farko. Kuti ya dorawa Obasanjo alhakin mutuwar mahaifiyarsa, sannan ya sake bijirewa gwamnati a bainar jama’a da zanga-zangarsa, inda ya ajiye akwatin gawa a gaban gidan Obasanjo a barikin sojoji na Dodan . An kammala shirin ne tare da ajiye akwatunan gawa a dandalin domin nuna rashin amincewa da zaluncin da al'ummar Najeriya ke fama da su da ma daukacin nahiyar Afirka.

## Kyaututtuka da zaɓe

### Asalin Kashe-Broadway samarwa

### Asalin samar da Broadway

### Asalin samar da London

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