Fela Kuti
Johnny Just Drop / Unnecessary Begging
- Record Label
- Knitting Factory
About this item
From 1974, when Fela Kuti built a huge wall round his property and declared the independent state of Kalakuta, the antagonism between the undisputed 'King of Afro-beat' and the Nigerian authorities grew into an ever more bitter and violent feud. The more the authorities repressed him, the more Kuti's music became a vehicle for his outspoken and radical politics. His records were selling in their millions to the youth and poor all over Africa. These recordings from 1976 and 1977 talk to the average man in the street, his worries and problems and cemented Kuti's reputation as a local hero and champion of the disenfranchised.
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