Fela Kuti - Open & Close (1971) - 02 Swegbe and Pako

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The 80th birthday of Black President
Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997)
Over a decade after his death, vindication has come to Fela Kuti, Africa’s musical genius. AfroBeat, his gift to the world, is now an international staple on his own uncompromising terms, social content intact.
From album Open & Close (1971)
With the three-song "Open And Close", we’re getting closer to full-blown afrobeat.
“Swegbe And Pako” is a slow groove that decries incompetence in broken English, while “Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo” adapts a folk song that recounts a war of liberation waged against the British.(David Katz)