The Africa 70 Band

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, professionally known as Fela Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, band leader, composer, and most of, the pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre. Here is Fela’s 1985 released “Army Arrangement” LP with The Africa 70 Band. The song, “Army Arrangement” is about Nigeria’s attempt at ‘democracy’ in 1979 after more than a decade of military rule. In 1970, Nigeria emerged from a three-year Biafra civil war with the largest standing army in black Africa, no financial debts – careering along on at least two million barrels of sulphur-low oil, pumped daily into the world market. With such revenue invested prudently in the Nigerian economy, there should be no reason for any Nigerian to live below the poverty line. However...