NOISE FOR VENDOR MOUTH by FELA KUTI & AFRICA 70
SKU | 132504 |
Artist | FELA KUTI & AFRICA 70 |
Title | NOISE FOR VENDOR MOUTH |
Label | KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS |
Catalog # | KFR 2019-3 |
Tag | |
Release | W 08 - 2024 |
Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
EAN Barcode | 720841207931 |
Import | |
€ 27,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Noise For Vendor Mouth
- Mattress
Description
Pressed on opaque red vinyl.
The title track likens politicians to street hawkers and hustlers, and caused considerable controversy. So did the B-side, “Mattress,” though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a woman’s role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Fela’s espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck a discordant note with some listeners, who accused him of being “anti women.” Fela was Fela and a man of his time, but he was never hostile to women. As he often acknowledged, his two greatest political influences were women: his mother, who had been an early champion of women’s rights in Nigeria, and Sandra Izsadore, the black-rights activist he began a relationship with in the US in 1969. Each opened his mind, between them turning a playboy into a political revolutionary. First re-issued as part of Fela Kuti Box Set #5 curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti in 2021.