- ReleaseProduct
- Ikoyi Blindness
- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2017-3
- Release Date
- 23 de febrer 2024
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Vinil 1×LP, Limited Coloured
$26.00
Pressed on iresi (opaque white) vinyl.
Fela used the cover of Ikoyi Blindness to announce his change of middle name from Ransome, which he now considered a slave name, to Anikulapo, which means “he who carries death in his pouch.” The front cover shows Ransome crossed out and Anikulapo added above it. Fela also used the album cover to announce the Africanisation of Africa 70’s name, changing it to Afrika 70. In the title track, Fela draws attention to the economic chasm separating the haves and have-nots of Nigerian society, contrasting the get-rich-at-all-costs mindset of the residents of the prosperous Lagos suburb Ikoyi with the more community-minded attitude of the poor inhabitants of the Mushin, Maroko, Ajegunle and Somolu neighborhoods. Ikoyi residents are blind to the sufferings of less fortunate people, says Fela. Fela returns to the topic on the second track, “Gba Mi Leti Ki N’Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money).” In Lagos in 1975 and 1976, there had been an upsurge in police and military personnel assaults on people in the street; motorists were commonly pulled out of their vehicles and given a whipping for minor traffic offenses. Scandalously, the police and soldiers were being allowed to get away with corruption in broad daylight. In the lyric, Fela demands that the judiciary administer the law equally, without fear or favor.
Fela Kuti
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Original Sufferhead
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2039-3
- Release Date
- 23 de febrer 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2044-3
- Release Date
- 23 de febrer 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Why Black Man They Suffer
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2012-3
- Release Date
- 26 de gener 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Excuse-O
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2014-3
- Release Date
- 26 de gener 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Noise For Vendor Mouth
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2019-3
- Release Date
- 26 de gener 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Kalakuta Show
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2020-3
- Release Date
- 26 de gener 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Box Set #6 curated by Idris Elba
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR4008
- Release Date
- 1 de desembre 2023
- Vinyl Boxset
- Descàrrega
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Gentleman - 50th Anniversary
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2009-8
- Release Date
- 23 de juny 2023
- LP (special)
- Descàrrega
Fela Kuti
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Brain Dead T-shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 1 de desembre 2023
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Shakara Long Sleeve Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 2 de gener 2023
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Roforofo Fight T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 19 d’agost 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela 4/20 Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 20 de maig 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela 4/20 Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 20 de maig 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- V.I.P. Hoodie
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 17 de novembre 2020
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- War Can Never Short-Sleeve T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 17 de novembre 2020
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- He Who Carries Death Short-Sleeve T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- 17 de novembre 2020