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Category: Fela Kuti

Fela's London Scene album cover

[Review] Fela Kuti: Fela’s London Scene (1971)

[Kronomyth 1.0] I Fela good.

Posted On 6 Dec18 Apr
Fela Ransome-Kuti Live! album cover

[Review] Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa ’70 with Ginger Baker: Live! (1971)

Baker’s interesting African exile led him into Fela’s camp for a few albums, with this being perhaps the most famous.

Posted On 21 Oct18 Apr
Why Black Man Dey Suffer album cover

[Review] Fela & The Africa 70 with Ginger Baker: Why Black Men Dey Suffer (1971)

Two massive grooves–one political, one social–featuring Ginger Baker in the kitchen. 

Posted On 6 Jan9 Nov
Shenshema 45 rpm single

Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa ’70: “Shenshema” (1971)

Fela’s new single takes aim at the white colonialism creeping into African culture without missing an Afrobeat.

Posted On 18 Jun23 Jul
Na Poi album cover

[Review] Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa ’70: Na Poi (1971)

Songs about sex and death, this isn’t his most enduring work, but Fela and the band show plenty of endurance all the same.

Posted On 25 Jan18 Jun
Open and Close album cover

[Review] Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa ’70: Open & Close (1971)

Two electric guitarists double the pleasure of Fela’s evolving Afrobeat sound on this engaging record.

Posted On 14 Feb14 Feb
Shakara album cover

[Review] Fela Ransome Kuti And The Africa 70: Shakara (1972)

Fela and a slightly retooled Africa 70 continue to refine their Afrobeat sound, this time with a pro-machismo, anti-braggadocio agenda.

Posted On 30 Apr30 Apr
Roforofo Fight album cover

[Review] Fela & The Africa 70: Roforofo Fight (1972)

A few more tweaks to the lineup result in Fela’s best album to date and an Afrobeat classic.

Posted On 1 Feb30 Apr
Stratavarious album cover

[Review] Ginger Baker: Stratavarious (1972)

Basically half a Fela album and half an album of rock + drum workshop.

Posted On 14 Feb18 Feb
Afrodisiac album cover

[Review] Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Afrika ’70: Afrodisiac (1973)

Recorded in Abbey Road Studios in London in 1971, this features re-recordings of some of Fela’s recent homeland hits.

Posted On 18 Apr18 Apr
Gentleman album cover

[Review] Fela Ransome Kuti & The Afrika ’70: Gentleman (1973)

Generally regarded as one of Fela’s best albums, this mixes Afrobeat with a pronounced jazz feel.

Posted On 9 Nov

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