Fela Anikulapo-Kuti & Egypt '80 – Beasts Of No Nation LP

Beasts Of No Nation, originally released in 1989, was an indictment of the corruption and repression in post-colonial Africa. The album, whose single track took up both sides of the vinyl LP, addressed a variety of targets, each of them, said Fela, guilty of enslaving Africans: the Nigerian regime, the South African apartheid regime of P.W. Botha, Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, America’s Ronald Reagan, and the ineffectual United Nations. In addition to being vilified in the lyrics, Botha, Thatcher and Reagan are among the political leaders portrayed as beasts and devils on the front sleeve.

Label: Knitting Factory Records – KFR2043-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2015
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Afrobeat

Tracklist

A Beasts Of No Nation (Vocal)
B Beasts Of No Nation {Instrumental)