Fela Kuti – Noise For Vendor Mouth
£22.99
Fela Kuti
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.
FORMATS
LP (Limited Edition Opaque Red Vinyl)
GENRE
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.
Format – Limited Edition Opaque Red Coloured Vinyl LP
TRACKLISTING (IF AVAILABLE)
1. Noise For Vendor Mouth
2. Mattress
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