Renowned Kenyan scholar, Prof. Patrick Lumumba would be the keynote speaker at the 2017 Felabration Symposium tagged “Fela Debates”.

Okwechima Abdul, Head of. Felabration Media Team, said in a statement that Lumumba would speak on the. Topic “Whither The Pan African Dream – 20 Years After Fela and 40 Years After FESTAC ’77”?

” He will be sharing the stage with equally distinguished and seasoned media professionals, with Nigeria’s Kadaria Ahmed and Abraham Ogbodo, as moderators.

” The event comes up on Monday Oct. 9, 2017, at The NECA Event Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos at 11am prompt.

” This 2017 edition is the 9th in the Fela Debates Series created to intellectually espouse and eternalise Fela’s ideas and ideals.

” Over the years, foremost African intellectuals and thinkers have graced the Fela Debates stage, either as Speakers or Moderator, ” Abdul said in the statement.

Born on July 17, 1962, Lumumba was the Director of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission and currently the Director of the Kenya School of Laws since 2014.

An eloquent lawyer and staunch pan Africanist with a Ph.D in Law from the University of Ghent, Belgium, Lumumba has delivered several powerful speeches on African Solutions To African Problems.