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Fela Kuti and Africa '70 - Why Black Man Dey Suffer - on LTD colored vinyl

Fela Kuti and Africa '70 - Why Black Man Dey Suffer - on LTD colored vinyl

$ 26.99

Artist: Fela Kuti and Africa '70  | Label: Knitting Factory  | Format: LP  |  Genre: World Music | Vinyl Condition: Mint | Cover Condition: Sealed


Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70's 
Why Black Man Dey Suffer
Re-issue LP rom Knitting Factory Records on limited TRANSPARENT YELLOW vinyl 

Recorded in 1971 with Ginger Baker behind the board and sitting in alongside fellow drumming legend Tony Allen, Why Black Man Dey Suffer was originally deemed too controversial for release by his label at the time. The title track is a history lesson on the oppression of the African man - detailing the litany of abuses they have suffered from being taken as slaves to having an alien people impose a new culture upon them, take their land, fight them, and set them against one another. The B-side is Fela's ode to the poorest of Lagos' poor that lived in the Mushin district; he contrasts the corruption of the upper classes with the humble lives of the people in Mushin. This edition is pressed on Iṣin yellow (transparent yellow) vinyl.

    Songs are: 
Why Black Man Dey Suffer (all of side one) 
Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality (all of side two) 

NEW SEALED LP re-issue from Knitting Factory Records courtesy of Kalakuta Sunrise - on Limited Edition TRANSPARENT YELLOW vinyl 


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