Fela Kuti Coffin For Head Of State 10/31/2017 meaty production gives the band's

meaty production gives the band's sonic textures a powerful wallop

Erykah Badu (background vocals)

Gene Chrisman (drums)

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" After that chilling encounter

Fela Kuti Coffin For Head Of State 10/31/2017 meaty production gives the band'sCoffin For Head of State is among Felas most courageous responses to the Nigerian armys destruction of Kalakuta on 18 February 1977. During the attack, Felas mother, aged 78, a veteran of Nigerias struggle for independence from British colonial rule and an early campaigner for Nigerian womens rights, was thrown out of an upstairs window, fracturing a leg. Fela believed that the assault led to his mothers death 14 months later. [Excerpt taken from