In 1976 the revolutionary Nigerian Afrobeat musician and political activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti churned out over half a dozen albums, and his Kalakutu Republic compatriot, Ghariokwu Lemi designed nearly all of them.
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April 14th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
This artwork is amazing. I just started getting into Fela when I was in college, and absolutely fell in love with his music. It’s hard to find artists nowadays who include political messages in their lyrics, let alone their album covers. Each cover tells such a provocative story. I swear, I could just sit and look at each one for hours, just trying to understand everything that’s going on in them.