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PRESENTATION Fela Kuti
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Presentation : Protest song
Style : Afrobeat
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Zombie - Coconut Records, 1976
Index
Political and historical context
Message and impact
Analysis of the lyrics
Why I chose this song
01
Political and historical context
Nigeria in 1976
Nigeria in 1970
End of the civil war
Country in total rebuilding
Oil boom
Makes a lot of benefits for the government
Corruption in the government
Tensions, erverybody wants to take the head of the country
A young country in constant conflict
1963
1979
1976
1966
1975
Military coup
Military coup
Military coup
Fela is already known as a politicaly engaged musician
The Black President
Popular protests songs :
- Buy Africa
- Why Black Man Dey Suffer
- Roforofo Fight
- Expensive Shit
02
Message and impact
Meaning of the song and consequences of the release
Nigerian Soldiers
act like zombies
They were drugged
They were puppets without brain or awarness
"Zombies only think if you tell them to think"
World festival of black arts
Bring together all the different cultures from africa
But
Not appreciated by lot of africans and boycotted by many artists like Fela Kuti
The Shrine
Night-club and Fela's playground
Fela brings all the people who boycott the festival
Play "Zombie" for the first time and the song become a national hit
The government's reply
On Kalakuta Republic
Almost a thousand of soldiers came in Kalakuta to demolish, kill, burn...
They raped women, crushed the musician's genitals and killed Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
03
Analysis of the lyrics
Afrobeat's lyrics
Repetition and easy language
Repetitions to emphasize the rythmic of the lyrics and let space to instruments
Pigdin : English easy to speak and understand.Came from the African streets
"Go and kill! (Joro, jaro, joro)Go and die! (Joro, jaro, joro)Go and quench! (Joro, jaro, joro)Put am for reverse! (Joro, jaro, joro)"
" Attention ! Quick march ! (Zombie)Slow march ! Left turn ! (Zombie)Right turn ! About turn ! (Zombie) Double up ! Salute ! (Zombie) Open your hat! Stand at ease! (Zombie) Fall in ! Fall out ! (Zombie) Fall down ! Get ready ! (Zombie)"
04
Why I chose this song
My reasons and my opinion