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Fela Kuti

Gentleman (50th Anniversary Edition)

limited "igbo smoke" clear w/ black wisp lp in gatefold sleeve w/ obi strip - £22.99 | Buy
Fela Kuti

Shakara (50th Anniversary Edition)

Limited Pink LP with gold obi strip + bonus yellow 7" - £26.99 | Buy
“Shakara” is the 6th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues.
Fela Kuti

AFRODISIAC (50th anniversary edition)

limited red & green 2lp - £25.99 | Buy
A titanic musical and sociopolitical voice, Fela’s legacy spans decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip-hop, rock and beyond.
Fela Kuti

London Scene (2021 reissue)

limited 50th anniversary white / red / blue splatter lp + gold obi - £19.99 £13.98
50th anniversary edition of 1971's London Scene.
Fela Kuti

Open & Close (rsd 21)

Record Store Day 2021 - red & yellow "butterfly effect" lp in gatefold sleeve - £25.99
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fela Kuti's classic Open & Close, Knitting Factory Records is pleased to announce the first vinyl pressing since th...
Roforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)
 
  1. Roforofo Fight
  2. Go Slow
  3. Question Jam Answer
  4. Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am
  5. Shenshema
  6. Ariya

Fela Kuti

Roforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)

Partisan Records
  • Limited Edition Orange and Green 2LP

    Released: 19th Aug 2022

    £25.99
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By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), 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. Because he generally sang in Broken English rather than Yoruba, and adopted an increasingly pan-Africanist outlook, his message resonated throughout Anglophone Africa. The 50th-anniversary reissue of Roforofo Fight is pressed on double yellow & green vinyl. Side D features singles "Shenshema" and "Ariya" on vinyl for the first time. The two tracks were originally released as a 7" single in 1972 and later featured in the CD reissue of "Roforofo Fight / The Fela Singles".