Fela Kuti – Roforofo Fight

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Artist: Fela Kuti | Label: Knitting Factory | Format: LP | Genre: World Music| VinylCondition: Mint | Cover Condition:Sealed

Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70Roforofo FightA Re-issue from Knitting Factory Records
An underrated early classic. The first song (all of side one), Roforofo Fightis urgent and upbeat and fierce, while the other (all of side two), Go Slow, is cooler and looser and, atypical of Felas output.By 1972, when Roforofo Fight was originally released, Fela was becoming one of the most avidly followed musicians in West Africa. His audience came from among the region’s urban poor, the “sufferheads” living in the shanty towns around the major cities, along with growing numbers of students and political dissenters. Fela championed, and sang about the problems of, oppressed and exploited people and denounced the ruling elites lording it over them, with their seemingly endemic corruption and their ready use of violence to crush dissent – and because he generally sang in Broken English rather than Yoruba, and adopted an increasingly pan-Africanist outlook, his message resonated throughout Anglophone Africa.

Side One isRoforofo FightSide Two isGo Slow
NEW SEALED LP from Knitting Factory Records courtesy of Kalakuta Sunrise