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

References

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