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59-592: Felabration is an annual music festival conceived in 1998 by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti in memory and celebration of her father Fela Kuti , a Nigerian musician and human rights activist known for pioneering the Afrobeat genre of music. The one-week-long event which is held annually at the New Afrika Shrine in Ikeja , attracts visitors from different countries and has thus been considered as an official tourist destination by

118-579: A Grammy award four times in the world music category in 2003, 2010, 2012 and 2013 but has never won. On 19 December 2014 a management deal between Chocolate City Music Group and Femi Kuti was reached. The news was announced via the Chocolate City Music official Instagram account, as well as Audu Maikori social media accounts. On 5 February 2021, Femi Kuti and his son, Made Kuti , released their two-album project, Legacy+ under Partisan Records. The project includes Femi's eleventh album Stop

177-511: A compilation CD in tribute to Fela Kuti that was released by the Red Hot Organization and MCA . Femi's track was created in collaboration with hip-hop and R&B artists D'Angelo , Macy Gray , The Soultronics , Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove , and all proceeds from the CD were donated to charities dedicated to raising AIDS awareness or fighting the disease. Femi Kuti's voice is featured in

236-566: A database consisting of some or all of the journals, with site licenses . Effective January 2008, purchasing a subscription includes online access that entitles the subscriber to permanent access rights to that volume regardless of future subscription status. In 2020, the following titles were published open access using S2O: Annual Review of Cancer Biology , Annual Review of Environment and Resources , Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science , Annual Review of Political Science , and Annual Review of Public Health . In 2021,

295-498: A distinctly authoritative source". By identifying "distinct clusters of work" and articles that bridge such clusters, review articles can integrate a topic. Research suggests that they can "shift discourse in a manner that simultaneously simplifies and collapses a knowledge community", helping to define and organize emergent research areas. In 2016, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded six grants for examining

354-612: A further expansion of journal titles and the first electronic publishing of Annual Reviews journals. The Annual Review of Sociology and the Annual Review of Medicine were the first to be published electronically, in 1996. In 2002, the publisher's entire publication history, covering 70 years and approximately 475,000 pages and 5,400 images, was digitized. The thirtieth journal title was published in 2000. Another 22 titles were added between 2005 and 2019. As of 2021, Annual Reviews has published 52 journals under 64 title variants. Only one,

413-434: A management team. The board of directors consists of experts of various scientific disciplines, philanthropists, and business people, who serve as volunteers. The board is assisted by the business affairs committee and additional ad hoc committees. Together, the board and its committees develop and approve fiscal policies and budgets. They also review the organization's financial performance and publishing strategy. As of 2018,

472-501: A problem in Africa. Before the 2011 elections in Nigeria, he reached out to the people that there was "no difference between the three candidates contesting for the presidential seat in Nigeria". He added, "we could say we're moving in the democratic process. And it's probably better than going to war, but corruption is still very rampant. The people are hungry and sick. And the government controls

531-440: A remix to the song "Politics Na Big Business" featuring Tuface Idiibia and Sound Sultan through his management company, Chocolate City . Kuti's song "Make We Remember" calls on people to remember the words of his father and "great black people ", who fought for the emancipation of Africa. For a very long time, Femi has been using music to inspire, change and motivate African people. On 22 November 2014, Femi Kuti performed at

590-502: A renowned Kenyan scholar. Other speakers at the festival includes Ben Bruce, Donald Duke . There were also performances from artiste to thrill fans, the usual street carnival and arts exhibition. The week-long festival took place from 15 to 21 October 2018 at the New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos State. This editions theme was coined out of Felas legendary hit titled "Overtake Don Overtake Overtake". The song talks about Fela's anger at

649-527: A sax in a method called circular breathing . He set the records at 51 min 35 seconds. As of 2022, Kuti has been nominated for six Grammy Awards in multiple categories. He was nominated four times (in 2002, 2009, 2011, and 2013) in the Best World Music Album category. For the 2022 Grammy Awards , Femi and his son Made were nominated for Best Global Music Album and Femi was nominated for Best Global Music Performance . On October 20, 2022, Kuti

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708-717: A surprise performance by Majek Fashek . The week-long festival was held from 10 to 16 October 2016 at the Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos State. The theme was derived from one of Fela's sayings with which he used to entertain guests during his performances. The festival began with a symposium titled "Movement Against Second Slavery" that was moderated by Prof. Sophie Oluwole . There were also the famous Fela debates, art exhibition, street carnivals and other activities to thrill fans. There were performances from artistes such as Jaywon , Ajebutter, Orezi , Sugarboy and Ojjay Wright. The week-long festival took place from 9 to 15 October 2017 at

767-512: A survey commissioned by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers to determine how publishers aligned with Plan S , authors Alicia Wise and Lorraine Estelle called Subscribe to Open "the most promising" transformative agreement for publishers, as it offers a predictable revenue stream. In April 2022, the publisher announced that new content from all of its 51 academic journals would progressively be made openly available over

826-490: A symposium anchored by popular award-winning black African poet and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Bobi Wine ; musician turned politician from Uganda , Professor Akin Oyebode, professor of jurisprudence and international law and famous celebrated Nigerian playwright and author Sefi Atta . As usual, the celebration had a secondary schools debate, Fela debates, art exhibitions and other side activities to keep fans entertained for

885-484: A total of 300 musical acts that performed onstage during the concert. The 2022 Felabration was themed "Fear not for man" and was hosted by Omo Baba. At the show, several different musical acts took the stage, including Femi Kuti, Made Kuti,  MI, Vector , Phyno, Omawumi , Sule Alao Malaika, Candy Bleakz, Terry G, Rema to name a few. Every year, Felabration holds a public speaking and debate contest for students of secondary schools on topics that are most concerning to

944-491: Is home. The celebration had in attendance afrobeat sensation and BET 2019 Internation Act winner Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna boy who thrilled the crowd with performance of some of his hit tracks like "ye", "On the Low" and "Another Story". Other artistes that graced the celebration includes Charly Boy , Sauti Sol , Labaja , King Sunny Ade , Efe and a host of other afrobeat musicians. The celebration also had

1003-657: The Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering , the Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics and the Annual Review of Virology were added to the program. As of 2023, Journal Citation Reports has given 15 Annual Reviews journal titles a rank of "1", indicating high quality and importance in one or more categories. The top five Annual Reviews titles by impact factor are: There are three leadership structures within Annual Reviews: The board of directors and its committees, editors and editorial committees, and

1062-496: The American Physiological Society agreed to collaborate to create a new journal. The first volume of the Annual Review of Physiology was published in 1939, with the help of Victor E. Hall as assistant editor. Although the original intent was to be international in scope, the first European editors were not included until 1948, following World War II . A third journal, the Annual Review of Microbiology ,

1121-407: The Annual Review of Computer Science , is no longer in publication. Annual Reviews has also released some specialty publications: The Excitement and Fascination of Science (1965, 1978, 1990, 1995), consisting of four volumes of autobiographies and reflections by prominent scientists, and Intelligence and Affectivity (1981), a translated volume of lectures given by psychologist Jean Piaget in

1180-834: The Festival d'Angoulême (France), the New Morning Club in Paris and the Moers Festival in Germany. In 2000, Kuti joined in a duet on the track "Ala Jalkoum" on the Rachid Taha album Made in Medina . In 2001, Femi collaborated on his album Fight to Win with a number of US musicians, including Common , Mos Def , and Jaguar Wright . Also in 2002, Femi contributed a remake of his father's classic song "Water No Get Enemy" to Red Hot & Riot ,

1239-485: The Lagos State Government . Felabration is held on the week of Fela Kuti 's birthday. The event features musical performances from top music acts from Nigeria and guest appearances from internationally acclaimed musicians and personalities. It also consists of street parades, symposia on social and topical issues, debates and photo exhibitions. The week-long festival took place from 12 to 18 October 2015 at

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1298-535: The Nigerian government for allowing the society to decay, increase in injustice and those that are supposed to change things are leaving the country to decay. The celebration was also boosted by the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the New Africa Shrine. As part of the celebration, there were performances from famous Nigerian artiste including Femi Kuti , Davido , Mayorkun and Peruzzi to celebrate

1357-600: The University of California, Berkeley . Stanford University Press agreed to publish the journal on a three-year contract, with financial assistance from the Chemical Foundation headed by Francis Garvan . Stanford University gave the journal rent-free office space in the Physiology building (Outer Quad) beginning in 1931. The first volume of the Annual Review of Biochemistry was published as of May 3, 1932. At

1416-664: The 1950s, titles in medicine, psychology, plant physiology, physical chemistry, nuclear and particle science, and entomology were added. Stanford University began to have a serious space shortage, which resulted in Annual Reviews constructing a new office building in nearby Palo Alto, California in 1956. After Santa Clara County used eminent domain to take the property at 231 Grant Avenue, Annual Reviews moved again in 1968, to 4139 El Camino Way, Palo Alto. By 1982, 24 titles were being published by Annual Reviews. After becoming editor-in-chief in 1995, Samuel Gubins oversaw both

1475-607: The 1950s. In 2017, Annual Reviews announced its first online magazine , Knowable Magazine , with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation . With Knowable Magazine, Annual Reviews expanded from scholarly publishing into science journalism and science communication , explaining and emphasizing the real-world significance of scholarly work. In 2021, Annual Reviews moved its physical office to 1875 S Grant St., Suite 700, San Mateo, California , as

1534-468: The Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos State. The theme was coined out from one of the lyrics of Fela that says "i don sing am before, nothing new". The Festival had its normal school debates titled "African History; a curriculum necessity". The festival symposium was tagged "Whither the Pan African Dream – 20 years after Fela and 40 years after FESTAC '77 ?" and it was moderated by Professor Patrice Lumumba ,

1593-503: The BMO event, where he shared the same stage with his new label mate M.I (Jude Abaga). On 24 April 2015, he performed in the 2 Kings concert alongside his brother Seun Kuti . The concert is significant as it is the first concert that the brothers have performed together. On 15 May 2017 Femi Anikulapo Kuti was referred to in the Guinness world records under the catalog of a single note held on

1652-694: The Hate and Made's debut album For(e)ward . Femi, the son of Afrobeat singer and political activist Fela Kuti , inherited his father's zeal for both music and activism. He started playing the saxophone and keyboard with his father's band when he was 16 and stepped into the spotlight, writing and singing after his father's demise. Femi remains politically inclined grooving to high energy funk, jazz and traditional African-fueled songs about political corruption, poverty and primitive living conditions suffered by most inhabitants in Nigeria's oil-rich nation. Femi Kuti's album Africa for Africa emphasized "Bad Government" as

1711-543: The S2O pilot, the Annual Review of Cancer Biology , the Annual Review of Environment and Resources , the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science , the Annual Review of Political Science , and the Annual Review of Public Health . All were published as open access through the Subscribe to Open approach. Additional publishers have since adopted S2O, which is seen as benefiting libraries, researchers and publishers alike. In

1770-400: The board is chaired by Karen S. Cook , professor of sociology at Stanford University. The vice-chairperson is Sandra M. Faber , professor of astronomy and astrophysics at University of California, Santa Cruz. The contents of each journal published by Annual Reviews is selected by the lead editor or co-editors and their editorial committees, about ten members total, who are researchers in

1829-433: The company piloted the " Subscribe to Open " (S2O) publishing model, under which a journal's newest volume is published open access as long as subscription support is sufficient. As of 2022, all 51 journals are being offered under the S2O model. The Annual Review of Biochemistry was the creation of Stanford University chemist and professor J. Murray Luck . In designing a course for graduate students in 1930, he saw

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1888-552: The completion of the contract with Stanford University Press, the advisory committee of the journal decided to assume a legal identity as the journal's publisher, though keeping Stanford University Press as the printer. On December 12, 1934, they submitted articles of incorporation with the California Secretary of State to create the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Ltd., which was organized as a nonprofit . In February 1938,

1947-557: The content would remain paywalled . In this way S2O appealed to the individual subscriber's economic self-interest (receiving a discount instead of paying full price), and avoided reliance on collective behavior or altruism . The approach allowed participating publishers to convert content from gated to open access on a year-to-year basis. As of September 1, 2019, the 2020 pilot program for S2O included two publishers, Annual Reviews and Berghahn Books , both of whom opened part of their content. Annual Reviews offered five titles in

2006-477: The course of eighteen months under the S2O framework, provided that current subscription support is maintained. Annual Reviews journals are available in a number of ways, depending in part on the journal. Each journal is available electronically with some also offered as a bound annual volume. Subscriptions are offered for the online version, print version, or both when print is available, and individual articles can be purchased online. Journals are also available as

2065-406: The discipline. Committee terms are five years. The management team provides expertise in academic publishing , and is led by the president, who is also its editor-in-chief. Annual Reviews publishes a variety of journals in the biomedical and life sciences , physical sciences , and social sciences , including economics . Years in parentheses indicate the first year of publication. As of 2021,

2124-472: The famous Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos State. That year's edition kicked off with a symposium titled "Human Rights As My Property", and the session was anchored by Honourable Sasore, former Attorney General of Lagos State . There were also the annual Fela debates for secondary schools , tagged "Poverty Is Not An Accident". The festival had performances from star acts including international reggae group Third World , 2face , Femi Kuti , Ice Prince , as well as

2183-484: The highlights of the event was the mild drama that ensured between Vice president Yemi Osinbajo and Femi Kuti . The week-long festival took place from 14 to 20 October 2019 at the New Afrika Shrine , Lagos State. The theme was inspired by the popular Felas song titled "Eko Ile". The song talks about praises for Lagos state as a centre of love, joy and fun and urges everyone to visit Lagos state because Lagos state

2242-429: The impact of review articles using a corpus of 6,495 individual review papers published in 54 past and current Annual Reviews journal titles in the biological, physical, and social sciences. The authors noted that Annual Review articles often focus on emerging fields that may be undergoing structural transformations. Examining impact on scholarly discourse, they concluded that "formal, invited Annual Review articles provide

2301-462: The impact of the change in licensing. By May 2019, usage of the journal had increased eight-fold relative to 2016 to about 200,000 downloads monthly. For comparison, the titles for clinical psychology and medicine that maintained gated access showed no change in usage. In addition, the audience for the journal increased from 1,100 institutions in 57 countries (2016) to 7,220 institutions in 137 countries (2018). Annual Reviews has continued to explore

2360-460: The legendary Fela, with the winner going home with fifty thousand naira. There was also the secondary school debates, art festivals and other events that preceded the festival, and there were musical performances from Wizkid , 2baba, Joeboy , Falz and a host of other afrobeat musicians. The 2022 Felabration was held at the New Afrikan Shrine, Ikeja, from 10 to 16 October 2022. There were

2419-564: The life of the legendary Fela and also to celebrate afrobeat music, which can be termed the heartbeat of the legendary Icon Fela Kuti. The major sponsor for this years celebration is the Legend extra stout from the Nigerian brewery company. Other activities that followed the week-long event includes The Fela Debates, debates for secondary schools in Lagos state, photo exhibitions, Fela street carnival and other activities geared at celebrating afrobeat. One of

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2478-424: The media, so it can't be critical". Kuti also said: "It's a very hypocritical situation. People settle for putting a meal on the table, but they don't know that the rest of the world doesn't suffer every day from power outages and water shortage. Nigerians don't even know about the history of African slavery, because it's not included in the text books." He echoed the same sentiments in the 2015 elections by releasing

2537-568: The name was changed to Annual Reviews, Inc. On March 28, 2008, the California Secretary of State approved an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to change the name officially to Annual Reviews. J. Murray Luck worked for Annual Reviews from 1932 to 1968 and was the founding editor of its first two journals: the Annual Review of Biochemistry (1932-1965) and the Annual Review of Physiology (1939-1946). As further journals were added, each one had its own editorial committee, whose lead editor took

2596-486: The need for a resource that condensed the large volume of biochemistry research into review articles . Luck asked about 50 biochemists in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada if an annual volume of critical reviews on biochemistry research would be useful. Response was positive. Luck formed an initial advisory committee which included Carl L. Alsberg at Stanford, and Dennis Robert Hoagland and Carl Louis August Schmidt from

2655-450: The organization from 1973 to 1981, followed by Alister Brass from 1981 to 1983. Kaufmann returned from 1983 to 1992. Robert Hall Haynes served as editor-in-chief of the organization from 1992 to 1995. He was succeeded by Samuel Gubins , who held the positions of president and editor-in-chief from 1995 to 2015. The current president and editor-in-chief, Richard B. Gallagher , succeeded Gubins in 2015. In 1938, Annual Reviews and

2714-533: The organizations's staff increasingly worked from home. As of 2022 Annual Reviews acquired The Charleston Advisor , a peer-reviewed publication for librarians. As of 2023 Annual Reviews also acquired the Charleston Hub and its publication Against the Grain . The Charleston Hub organizes the annual Charleston Conference for academic libraries, librarians, and publishers. A new digital publication called Katina

2773-486: The possibilities of open access by developing the "Subscribe to Open" (S2O) publishing model. Subscribe to Open is an example of an assurance contract . In the S2O pilot for 2020, subscribing institutions were asked to maintain their existing subscriptions to the offered journals, less a 5% discount, on the understanding that if enough subscriptions were received, the final content for the journals would be published as open access. If enough subscriptions were not received,

2832-501: The potential for open science and open access , as part of an initiative for Increasing Openness and Transparency in Research . One of the awardees was Annual Reviews, which was interested in finding ways to remove barriers to access to scientific publications. Annual Reviews used the grant to release the Annual Review of Public Health under an open access license in April 2017, and tracked

2891-432: The progress of science and the benefit of society". The first Annual Reviews journal, the Annual Review of Biochemistry , was published in 1932 under the editorship of Stanford University chemist J. Murray Luck , who wanted to create a resource that provided critical reviews on contemporary research. The second journal was added in 1939. By 1982, Annual Reviews published 24 titles, and by 2021 it published 51. In 2016,

2950-709: The publications included the following: Femi Kuti Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti , is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos . He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti . Femi Kuti began his musical career playing in his father's band, Egypt 80 . In 1986, Femi started his own band, Positive Force, establishing himself as an artist independent of his father's legacy. Femi Anikulapo Kuti

3009-486: The society. The most recent edition was won by Abdulrahman Oke, a student of King's College, Lagos , while speaking on the effects of video games. See also: List of schools in Lagos See also: List of hospitals in Lagos See also: List of festivals in Lagos See also: Architecture of Lagos Annual Reviews (publisher) Annual Reviews' stated mission is to synthesize and integrate knowledge "for

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3068-409: The title "Editor" or "Co-editor", and Luck assumed the role of editor-in-chief . He retired from this position as of 1969, but continued to serve on the board of directors as an emeritus member, as well as on the editorial committee of the Annual Review of Biochemistry . Robert R. Schultz was the organization's official editor-in-chief from 1970 to 1972. William Kaufmann became editor-in-chief of

3127-428: The videogame Grand Theft Auto IV , where he is the host of radio station IF 99 (International Funk 99, described as "playing a great selection of classics from West Africa, the US and elsewhere"). In similar fashion as his father, there have been complaints of Kuti's criticism of his homeland Nigeria, specifically in the song "Sorry Sorry", along with "What Will Tomorrow Bring" and "97". Femi has been nominated for

3186-455: The week-long festival. The festival took place from 15 to 17 October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic rocking the world at the time of the festival and the restriction on gatherings and activities, the organisers chose to hold the festival virtually. This was the first time the festival was held virtually. The Festival was kickstarted with a Felabration symposium titled " Colomentality " which

3245-531: Was a political campaigner and women's rights activist. Though Femi is the son of an international icon, he considers his mother, Remilekun Taylor, to be his greatest influence. He created his own band, Positive Force, in the late 1980s with Dele Sosimi ( Gbedu Resurrection), former keyboard player of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. His international career began in 1988 when he was invited by the French Cultural Centre in Lagos and Christian Mousset to perform at

3304-522: Was anchored by a Ugandan journalist and broadcaster Vincent Magombe. Some of the speakers at the symposium includes Arikana Chihombori , former permanent representative to the African Union Mission in Washinghton and Kweku Mandela , a filmmaker and producer from South Africa. Other activities in the festival included the "Dress Like Fela Challenge", where fans compete to imitate the dressing of

3363-616: Was born in London to Fela and Remilekun (Remi) Ransome-Kuti (née Taylor; 1941-2000), and grew up in the former Nigerian capital, Lagos . His mother soon left his father, taking Femi to live with her. In 1977, however, Femi chose to move in with his father. Femi started playing the saxophone at the age of 15 and eventually became a member of his father's band. He studied at Baptist Academy and Igbobi College . Like his father, Femi has made commitments to social and political causes throughout his career. Femi's grandmother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ,

3422-529: Was created in 1947 under the editorship of Charles E. Clifton . The increased volume of printing was not feasible for Stanford University Press, so printing of the Annual Review of Physiology , the Annual Review of Microbiology and later volumes of the Annual Review of Biochemistry was contracted out to the George Banta Company of Menasha, Wisconsin . The Annual Reviews journals were recommended to teachers and librarians as well as scientists. In

3481-433: Was launched, succeeding The Charleston Advisor , as of November 12, 2024. It is named after The Charleston Advisor ' s original founder, Katina Strauch . Each journal publishes one volume per year. As of 2021, all 51 of the current journals are published online, including 21 exclusively online, with 30 journals additionally published in print. As of 2021, researchers at McGill and Stanford University examined

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