Fela & Africa 70 ?– Coffin For Head Of State - RARE VINYL

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Description

I have for sale a very rare collectors vinyl of the Africa's afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti: FELA & THE AFRICA 70 - COFFIN FOR HEAD OF STATE.

This is a Green label Nigerian original, plays clean, excellent condition & only very light wear on edges of cover.

Label: Kalakuta Records ?– KALP 003

Format: Vinyl, LP, Gatefold

Country: Nigeria

Released: 1981

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Afrobeat

TRACKLIST

A Coffin For Head Of State (Vocal)

B Coffin For Head Of State (Instrumental)

BARCODE AND OTHER IDENTIFIERS

Matrix / Runout (a-side): KALP-003-A

Matrix / Runout (b-side): KALP-003-B

NOTE

The sleeve features photographs of a protest on September 30th 1979, the day before the head of Nigeria's military regime, General Obasanjo, was to hand power to a democratically elected civilian president, Shehu Shagari.

During the protest, the symbolic coffin of Fela's mother was laid at the entrance to Dodan Barracks, Obasanjo's residence.

Fela's mother, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, an activist and politician, had died the previous year following injuries sustained in an attack by 'Unknown Soldiers' on Fela's Kalakuta compound.

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