Record
Gentleman
Fela Ransome-Kuti and Africa '701973
At a glance
- Artist
- Fela Ransome-Kuti and Africa '70
- Released
- 1973
- Label
- EMI
- Catalogue number
- NEMI (LP) 0009
- Format
- 12″ Vinyl
- Country
- Nigeria
- Tracks
- 3, 31:01
In the issue
Afrobeat
Start here · 1968-1997 · Members
This introduces Fela's core stance against colonial conditioning, the ideological foundation the whole scene is built on.
Fela aimed this record at Africans who adopted European dress and manners, arguing that a suit and tie in Lagos heat was a kind of surrender, a leftover habit of colonial conditioning.
The rest is in Afrobeat, a members' issue.
Find a copy
The original 12″ vinyl: EMI NEMI (LP) 0009, 1973.
Track list
- AGentleman14:41
- B1Igbe (Na Shit)8:12
- B2Fefe Naa Efe8:08
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