Fela Kuti Coffin For Head Of State 10/31/2017 2 3 7Even Year Itch

2 3 7Even Year Itch : The World I Know 4 7Even Year Itch : Next Homecoming 5 7Even Year Itch : Listen 6 7Even Year Itch : December 7 7Even Year Itch : Forgiveness Format: Vinyl

Pared down compared to Girl on Fire in every respect

Erykah Badu (background vocals)

The record is a snapshot of unrelenting artists in motion

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

Fela Kuti Coffin For Head Of State 10/31/2017 2 3 7Even Year ItchCoffin 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