Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Coffin For Head Of State (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Printed on a Black AS

Printed on a Black AS Colour Staple

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

which was first released in 2005 on the French CD compilation Disko Cabine

Ebo Taylor is one of Ghanaʼs finest producer/arrangers and has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades

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

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Coffin For Head Of State (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Printed on a Black ASIn 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