Roforofo Fight
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{{Infobox album
| name = Roforofo Fight
| type = Studio
| artist = Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa '70
| cover = Roforofo Fight.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded = Lagos, Nigeria
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Afrobeat
| length = 58:43
| label = Jofabro
| producer = Fela Kuti
| chronology = Fela Kuti
| prev_title = Shakara
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Afrodisiac
| next_year = 1972
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}Unterberger, R., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/roforofo-fight-mw0000762711 Allmusic review], accessed 12 May 2014.
| rev2 = Record Collector
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite journal |last=Easlea |first=Daryl |date=October 2022 |title=From The Vaults |journal=Record Collector |issue=536 |page=112}}
}}
Roforofo Fight is an album by Nigerian Afrobeat composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti recorded in Lagos and originally released on the Nigerian EMI label Jofabro in 1972.[http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html Fela Kuti discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531081449/http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html |date=31 May 2014 }}, accessed 12 May 2014.
Track listing
All compositions by Fela Ransome Kuti.
:1. "Roforofo Fight" – 15:40
:2. "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" – 12:03
:3. "Question Jam Answer" – 13:38
:4. "Go Slow" – 17:22
; 2001 CD reissue Roforofo Fight/The Fela Singles
:1. "Roforofo Fight" – 15:42
:2. "Go Slow" – 17:25
:3. "Question Jam Answer" – 13:41
:4. "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" – 12:06
:5. "Shenshema" – 9:10
:6. "Ariya" – 10:18
5 & 6 are from 7" singles also released in Nigeria in 1972 on EMI, with each song split between both sides.
Personnel
- Fela Kuti – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, vocals
- Tunde Williams – trumpet
- Christopher Uwaifor – tenor saxophone
- Lekan Animashaun – baritone saxophone
- Segun Edo, Tutu Shorunmu – guitar
- George Bruce – bass guitar
- Tony Allen – drums
- James Abayomi – percussion
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|150515}}
{{Fela Kuti}}
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