Cover of Afrodisiac

Afrodisiac

Fela Ransome-Kuti & the Africa ’70

1973

Average
10.0
Ratings
1
Your rating
Log in to rate
Reviews
1
Lists
0
Tracklist 4 tracks, 40:35
  1. A1Alu Jon Jonki Jon12:41
  2. A2Chop and Quench7:57
  3. B1Eko Ile6:42
  4. B2Je'Nwi Temi (Don't Gag Me)13:15

Reviews

Rated 10/10

Most of this album is sung and chanted in Yoruba, a language spoken mainly in southwestern Nigeria. This has all the festive energy Fela Kuti regularly summons, and it's fun to hear Tony Allen on drums here. Still early on in Kuti's career, so only one of the four tracks deals with any sort of political activism. The other songs are more steeped in traditional Nigerian tales and fables.