Noise For Vendor Mouth (2024 Reissue)
The title track likens politicians to street hawkers and hustlers, and caused considerable controversy. So did the B-side, âMattress,â though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a womanâs role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Felaâs espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck a discordant note with some listeners, who accused him of being âanti women.â Fela was Fela and a man of his time, but he was never hostile to women. As he often acknowledged, his two greatest political influences were women: his mother, who had been an early champion of womenâs rights in Nigeria, and Sandra Izsadore, the black-rights activist he began a relationship with in the US in 1969. Each opened his mind, between them turning a playboy into a political revolutionary.
First re-issued as part of Fela Kuti Box Set #5 curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti in 2021.
Tracklist
A Noise For Vendor Mouth
B Mattress
The title track likens politicians to street hawkers and hustlers, and caused considerable controversy. So did the B-side, âMattress,â though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a womanâs role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Felaâs espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck a discordant note with some listeners, who accused him of being âanti women.â Fela was Fela and a man of his time, but he was never hostile to women. As he often acknowledged, his two greatest political influences were women: his mother, who had been an early champion of womenâs rights in Nigeria, and Sandra Izsadore, the black-rights activist he began a relationship with in the US in 1969. Each opened his mind, between them turning a playboy into a political revolutionary.
First re-issued as part of Fela Kuti Box Set #5 curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti in 2021.
Tracklist
A Noise For Vendor Mouth
B Mattress
Original: $31.00
-65%$31.00
$10.85Description
The title track likens politicians to street hawkers and hustlers, and caused considerable controversy. So did the B-side, âMattress,â though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a womanâs role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Felaâs espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck a discordant note with some listeners, who accused him of being âanti women.â Fela was Fela and a man of his time, but he was never hostile to women. As he often acknowledged, his two greatest political influences were women: his mother, who had been an early champion of womenâs rights in Nigeria, and Sandra Izsadore, the black-rights activist he began a relationship with in the US in 1969. Each opened his mind, between them turning a playboy into a political revolutionary.
First re-issued as part of Fela Kuti Box Set #5 curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti in 2021.
Tracklist
A Noise For Vendor Mouth
B Mattress
