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Fela’s American Girlfriend, Sandra Iszadore Arrives Nigeria For Felabration

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9 years ago

October 10, 2015

Late Fela Anikulapo’s girlfriend, Sandra Iszadore has arrived Nigeria ahead of the 2015 edition of Felabration which begins on Monday, October 12, 2015. The American, who met Fela in LA in 1969 after the legendary musician rounded up a concert arrived the country earlier today, Friday, October 9, 2015. She will be speaking at the Fela Debates on the topic, ‘Human Rights as My Property’, alongside other speakers like Ayo Obe, Kunle Ajibade and Chidi Odinkalu. She started a romantic relationship after serving as Fela’s tour guide in the city of angels. Fela once described her as his teacher.
‘Sandra gave me the education I wanted to know.’ She also worked with Fela on a song titled, ‘Upside Down’ which Fela wrote for her to perform which was the only song she recorded with Fela. In 2012, she released her last album titled Nigeria which features 9ice and Dakore Egbuson.