One of 17 albums that Fela and his band released between 1976 and 1977; this album consists of 2 tracks, mixing funk, jazz and afro-beat sounds. The first track is a 12 minute epic with some funky-ass riffs and a 5 minute sax solo from Fela, followed by an almost mantra like chant of 'zombie o zombie' with Fela railing against the corrupt military:
"Zombie no go, unless you tell am to go.
Zombie no think, unless you tell am to think"
This isn't like western protest bands where artists rage against the machine with relative impunity. Horrifically, following the album's release Fela's commune was attacked by the authorities, buildings were burnt, Kuti was severely beaten and his mother was thrown from a window causing her death.
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