Beasts Of No Nation Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 SKU: KFR2043-1 Barcode: 0720841205616 15.00 £15.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Knitting Factory Released Date: 8th April 2016 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Strictly limited (75 of each title) indies only coloured editions of six reissues of Nigerian icon and Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti’s most important albums. This will be the first time they are released individually since their original vinyl release in Nigeria in the 70s and 80s. The album was an indictment of the corruption and repression in post-colonial Africa, addressing a variety of targets, each of them, said Fela, guilty of enslaving Africans: the Nigerian regime, the South African apartheid regime of PW Botha, Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, America’s Ronald Reagan and the ineffectual United Nations. Botha, Thatcher and Reagan are among the political leaders portrayed as beasts and devils on the front sleeve. According to Lemi Ghariokwu, ‘Beasts Of No Nation’ was the first song Fela composed following his release from prison after having served 18 months of a five year sentence. ‘Everything Scatter’ (1975): The lyrics portray Nigeria’s conflicted society through the metaphor of argument supposedly taking place among the passengers on a bus passing Kalakuta. Fela’s use of ‘mosquito’ refers to the fact that prisons were sometimes deliberately sited near malarial swamps. Artist Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 Genre World / Fusion Label Knitting Factory Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1.Beasts Of No Nation 2.O.D.O.O Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from World / Fusion View Product Quick View Sacri Cuori Delone World / Fusion | Glitterbeat | 1LP Released 25th May 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sacri Cuori Delone £19.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Glitterbeat SKU: GBLP024 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Shorty LeBlanc The Great Shorty LeBlanc Blues | Goldband | 1LP Released 30th November 2022 £20.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Shorty LeBlanc The Great Shorty LeBlanc £20.00 Genre: Blues Label: Goldband SKU: nn254314 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th November 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Lloyd McNeill Soul Jazz Records presents Lloyd McNeill: Treasures World / Fusion | Soul Jazz | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 10th May 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lloyd McNeill Soul Jazz Records presents Lloyd McNeill: Treasures £21.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP427 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beirut Gulag Orkestar World / Fusion | 4AD | 180g, 1LP Released 25th February 2008 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beirut Gulag Orkestar £16.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: 4AD SKU: CAD2833 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th February 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Rough Guide To African Beats World / Fusion | World Music Network | 1LP Released 17th April 2020 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Rough Guide To African Beats £12.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: World Music Network SKU: RGNET1393LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th April 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe, Yomo Toro Asalto Navideño Vol. II World / Fusion | Craft Recordings | 180g, 1LP Released 29th September 2023 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe, Yomo Toro Asalto Navideño Vol. II £33.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 7224258 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various - 78s from Emi Archive Sprigs of Time World / Fusion | Honest Jon's | 1LP Released 27th November 2008 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various - 78s from Emi Archive Sprigs of Time £13.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Honest Jon's SKU: HJRLP36 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th November 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stein Urheim Stein Urheim World / Fusion | Hubro | 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released 24th February 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stein Urheim Stein Urheim £17.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Hubro SKU: HUBROLP3529 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 24th February 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Hit The Bongo! 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