- ReleaseProduct
- 50th Anniversary: Open & Close
- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2005
- Release Date
- 30 juli 2021
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An almost fully-formed Afrobeat album, Open & Close is part focused on the dancefloor, part on African liberation. The title tune is a simple exhortation to dance, with instructions on how to perform Fela's choreography. On a more serious note, ""Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo"" tells the story of the Egba people's armed resistance to invading British colonialists. As a songwriter, Fela was more often concerned with the repressive rule of Nigeria's contemporary leaders than he was with that of their British predecessors, but here he draws out the connection between past and present. Fela dedicated the album to his mother and “His Excellency Col. I.K. Acheampong, Ghana Head of State, the first head of state I ever entertained.” And the last. Fela regarded most African heads of state as stooges of the West and with good reason. (In 1976, Acheampong would ban Fela from Ghana, fearing his revolutionary rhetoric would stir up political opposition). Originally released by EMI.
First re-issued by Partisan and Knitting Factory Records in 2021 in celebration of the title's 50th anniversary.
Digitale afspeellijst
- 1 Gbagada Gbogodo 9:25
- 2 Open and Close 15:06
- 3 Swegbe and Pako 12:47
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- Label
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- Catalogue Number
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- Release Date
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