Ikoyi Blindness - Fela Kuti [VINYL]

Name: Ikoyi Blindness - Fela Kuti [VINYL]
Brand: Fela Kuti
SKU: KFR20173
Price: 33.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

Sale price €33.00

Tax included

Shipping calculated at checkout

Special order · 1-2 weeks delivery

More info

Other items in the same order are held until this item arrives. Order separately to avoid delays.

SKU: KFR20173

DESCRIPTION

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 neighbourhoods. Ikoyi residents are blind to the sufferings of less fortunate people, says Fela.

Disc 1
1. Ikoyi Blindness - Fela Kuti (15.06)
2. Gba Mi Leti N'dolowo - Fela Kuti (14.15)

Shop with confidence

96% of orders fulfilled within 24 hours
Free Returns
9,217 Trusted Reviews
Eco friendly packaging
100% Irish owned and operated
60 years in music

REVIEWS

PRODUCTION INFO

Decade of release

1970s

Duration

29m 21s

Edition

12" Album Coloured Vinyl

Format

Vinyl / 12" Album Coloured Vinyl

Primary genre

World Music

Primary name

Fela Kuti

Publisher

PIAS UK

Sub genre

Nigerian

Uk pub date

23.02.2024

Year of production

1975

SHIPPING

This product is: Special Order

Special Order: will take up to 1 - 2 weeks to source and dispatch.

If your order contains multiple types of product (e.g: an 'in-stock' item and a 'pre-order' item), the entire order will be held for dispatch until the Pre-Order release date or the 3 week Special Order window has elapsed, whichever is longer.

Please note: To avoid any unwanted delays, please order separately.