Fela Kuti - Why Black Man Dey Suffer (Edit) '1971/2021
| Artist | Fela Kuti Related artists |
| Album name | Why Black Man Dey Suffer (Edit) |
| Country | |
| Date | 1971/2021 |
| Genre | Afrobeat |
| Play time | 19:15 |
| Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
| Media | CD |
| Size | 129 MB |
| Price | Download $1.95 |
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Why Black Man Dey Suffer, recorded in 1971, was originally deemed too
controversial for release by EMI, his label at the time. Having recently been
schooled in the American black power movement and having taken on a new
Pan-African worldview, this album served as one of Fela’s first musical
soapboxes on which he challenged the colonial injustices and corruption of the
ruling elites of his time. The title track “Why Black Man Dey
Suffer†is a history lesson on the oppression of the African man. It
details the litany of abuses the black man has suffered — from being
taken as slaves, to having an alien people impose a new culture upon them, take
their land, fight them, and set them against one another. The following track,
“Ikoyi Mentalityâ€, firmly expresses Fela’s identification
with the downtrodden masses and his rejection of the ways of the ruling class
inhabitants of the Ikoyi neighborhood in Lagos.
1.01 - Fela Kuti - Why Black Man Dey Suffer (Edit) (4:00)
1.02 - Fela Kuti - Why Black Man Dey Suffer (15:16)
Fela Kuti
Album
- 2022 Ikoyi Blindness
- 2022 Noise for Vendor Mouth (Edit)
- 2021 I.T.T. (International Thief Thief)
- 2020 International Thief Thief (I.T.T.) [Armonica & MoBlack Mix]
- 2020 Perambulator
- 2016 Algabon Close / Why Black Man Dey Suffer
- 2012 Live In Detroit 1986 [2]
- 2010 Koola Lobitos 64-68 & The '69 Los Angeles Sessions (The Complete Works Of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, CD13)
- 2007 Algabon Close / Why Black Man Dey Suffer
- 2004 The Underground Spiritual Game
- 2001 Opposite People + Sorrow Tears And Blood
- 2001 Everything Scatter & Noise for Vendor Mouth
- 2001 Koola Lobitos & The 69 L.A. Sessions
- 2000 Shuffering And Shmiling / No Agreement
- 2000 Confusion + Gentleman
- 1998 Opposite People / I.t.t.
- 1998 Floor Side Of Fela
- 1998 Jazz Side Of Fela
- 1998 Music Is the Weapon of the Future
- 1998 Music Is The Weapon Of The Future Volume 2
- 1997 Stalemate 1977 / Fear Not For Man 1977
- 1993 Alagbon Close / Kalakuta Show
- 1992 Underground System
- 1986 I Go Shout Plenty!!!
- 1981 Original Sufferhead [2021 Remastered, Extended Version]
- 1980 Coffin For Head Of State / Unknown Soldier
- 1977 Opposite People & Sorrow Tears and Blood [2010 Remastered]
- 1976/2022 Kalakuta Show (Edit)
- 1976 Zombie (remastered)
- 1976 Ikoyi Blindness & Kalakuta Show
- 1976 Excuse-O [2022 Remastered]
- 1976 Up Side Down [2010 Remastered]
- 1972 Roforofo Fight - The Fela Singles (remastered)
- 1971/2021 Why Black Man Dey Suffer [2]
- 1971 Afrodisiac [2009 Remastered]
Compilation
- 2002 The Best Of The Black President [CD2]
- 2000 The Best Best Of Fela Kuti
- 1999 The Best Of The Black President [CD1]
- 1999 The Best of the Black President [2013 Remastered, Deluxe Edition, 2CD]
- 1975 Expensive Shit + He Miss Road (Remastered 1999)
- 1973 Confusion/gentleman
- 1972 Roforofo Fight / The Fela Singles (remastered)
Live album