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observing and exposing a series of uncomfortable truths
When they met in the mid-1990s
Hollie Cook
Forty years on from its initial release
Fela Kuti and The Africa 70 - J.J.D (Johnny Just Drop) (Vinyl) Nilufer Yanya observing and exposing a seriesRecorded in autumn 1976, six months before the army attack on Kalakuta Republic, the title track is a lampoon of been tos, Nigerians who had been to Europe or the US and who came back with inferiority complexes about African culture. Ghariokwu Lemis front cover portrays a suited up been to, dressed like a cartoon British toff, as he parachutes into a Lagos street to the bemusement of passers by. The back cover shows a more funkily dressed been to,
