I've been going through my music library and digitizing a lot of it. In doing so I came across my collection of Fela Kuti reissues. Fela was a Nigerian musician who spearheaded the development of Afro-Beat music, An amalgam of reggae, Cuban and soul that hit its stride in the 70's. My favorite of the bunch at the moment is "coffin For Head of State. An album that is one 32 minute song. It was written after Fela's mother was killed in a raid of his compound by police. It is confrontational, uncompromising and a middle finger to the government that tried so hard to silence him. No wonder he's still considered a national hero to the Nigerian people.
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