Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Coffin For Head Of State (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Jessica Winter

Jessica Winter

It took a long time to make - 18 months - because I could only record on weekends

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Tracklist:SIDE ACIRCLING THE CITYOFFER DOWN SABOTAGE LITTLE SADNESSSIDE B5432HOPING FOR RAINHARDEST THINGEXPECTATIONS

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Coffin For Head Of State (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Jessica WinterIn 1977, the government of Nigeria had enough of Fela Kuti and decided to take evasive action on his walled in residence that he called the Kalakuta Republic (Fela declared it a separate state). Over a thousand soldiers descended on the compound and savagely beat the residents. Fela himself escaped death (but not incarceration), but his activist mother was thrown through a window and broke her hip causing an injury that would take her life within that