''Roforofo Fight'' is an album by Nigerian

Afrobeat Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a West African music genre, fusing influences from Nigerian (such as Yoruba) and Ghanaian (such as highlife) music, with American funk, jazz, and soul influences. With a focus on chanted vocals, complex i ...

composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist

Fela Kuti Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerians, Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre t ...

recorded in Lagos and originally released on the Nigerian

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label Jofabro in 1972.Fela Kuti discography
, 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

, with each song split between both sides.

Personnel

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

, vocals *Tunde Williams – trumpet *Christopher Uwaifor – tenor saxophone *Lekan Animashaun –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

*Segun Edo, Tutu Shorunmu – guitar *George Bruce – bass guitar * Tony Allen – drums *James Abayomi – percussion

References

External links

* {{Authority control Fela Kuti albums 1972 albums Afrobeat albums Yoruba-language albums