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    • Fela Kuti – Noise For Vendor Mouth
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    • 1. Noise For Vendor Mouth
    • 2. Mattress

    The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ is Fela’s indifference to that name-calling, because, for him, people in Kalakuta are really a bunch of hard-working citizens, trying to survive in a society riddled with corruption and mismanagement. He adds that the real hooligans are those in authority who resort to political gangsterism, and sometimes military coups, in order to resolve constitutional issues. He considers their criticisms as nothing but the noise made by street vendors to sell their wares.

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        Fela KutiGentleman: 50th AnniversaryKnitting Factory Records
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          Fela KutiRoforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)Partisan Records
          By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming one...
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          • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
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          Fela KutiBoxset #5: Co-curated by Chris Martin & Femi KutiKnitting Factory Records
          Knitting Factory Records release the next installment of long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Box Set #5 was co-curated by Fela’s...
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            Fela KutiOpen & ClosePartisan Records
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              Fela KutiArmy ArrangementKnitting Factory Records
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              Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
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              Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
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                      • – Expensive Shit
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