Fela Kuti And Egypt '80 – Beasts Of No Nation (1989) - New Vinyl 2017 Knitting Factory Records Limited Edition Reissue on White Vinyl with Download - Funk / Afrobeat
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Street Date: 8/11/17
Beasts Of No Nation, originally released in 1989, was an indictment of the corruption and repression in post-colonial Africa. The album, whose single track took up both sides of the vinyl LP, addressed a variety of targets, each of them, said Fela, guilty of enslaving Africans: the Nigerian regime, the South African apartheid regime of P.W. Botha, Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, America’s Ronald Reagan, and the ineffectual United Nations. In addition to being vilified in the lyrics, Botha, Thatcher and Reagan are among the political leaders portrayed as beasts and devils on the front sleeve
Tracklist
| A | Beasts of No Nation (Vocal) | |
| B | Beasts Of No Nation {Instrumental) |
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Kola Ono
- Arranged By, Composed By, Producer – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
- Baritone Saxophone – Lekan Animashaun, Rilwan Fagbemi
- Bass Guitar – Femi Oladegunwa
- Bass Guitar [2nd] – Jonas Anyakor
- Chorus – Akos Asiedu, Chioma Elosiuba, Fehintola Anikulapo Kuti, Folake Anikulapo Kuti, Mary Umude, Ngozi Nwafor
- Claves – Mosa Okome
- Congas [2nd Rhythm Conga] – Kwame Bako
- Congas [Rhythm] – Nwale Omabuwa
- Coordinator, Public Relations – Uwa Erhabor
- Drums – Benjamin Ijagun
- Electric Piano [Rhythm] – Keji Hamilton
- Engineer – Ignatius Ibebuike
- Flugelhorn – Akomeah Dodoo, Oye Moses, Ukem Stephen
- Guitar [Tenor] – Festus Okotie
- Painting – Ghariokwu Lemi
- Rhythm Guitar – Soji Odukogbe
- Shekere – Dele Olayinka
- Soprano Saxophone – Olarewaju A. Kuti
- Tenor Saxophone – Oyinade Adeniran, Yinusa Akinibosun
- Trumpet – Bola Taiwo
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