fela is THEE goat. he was one of the first ppl to fuse highlife, jazz, soul and traditional african music to make afrobeat. and then afrobeat went on to inspire afrobeats which is the most popular nigerian music genre now. he was a pan-african socialist and used his music for cutting social commentary on colonialism, military government rules and exploitation of the nigerian underclass. this particular song has been scratching an itch in my brain, just how he rolls his r’s. it’s reminded me of spending weekends with my grandma.
