Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 by Repo

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'80:16 Waka Waka Waka (Amen Amen Amen)

Through Jesus Christ our Lord
By the grace of Almighty Lord
Through Jesus Christ our Lord
By the grace of Almighty Lord
In Spiritus Christus…
Allah Wakubar Mohammed Salamalekum...

Waka, waka, waka! (Coffin for Head of State)

The Setting: Fed up with Fela pointing a bright light on their hypocrisy and corruption, Nigeria’s military government was hell bent on teaching Fela a lesson. A thousand soldiers descended. Left right. Left right. They marched. Raping women as they went. Left right. Left right. They attacked. Left right. Left right. His mother was thown from a window out onto the street below. Left right. Left right. “Them killed my Momma!” That’s my Momma that you killed! She’s the only mother of Nigeria!” Fela cried on his 1979 heartbreaking and epic single “Unknown Soldier.” Few songs made you feel a man’s (and a country’s!) pain more thoroughly. And Fela was just getting started.

Listen: Wake up! This is a man who’s been wronged. A man who lost his mother. Due to the very state that was supposed to protect him. Sound familiar? What we have here in the United States is not unique. The powerful hurt the powerless. How do we fix this? More police? Less police? It does not matter, brothers & sisters. Those are human answers. And human answers will not fix this problem. The last four years have proved that. But, there is a way. Fela knows this. A path to peace. The spiritual path. Through Jesus. Through Mohammed. Amen.

Verdict: A psalm as much as it is a song, Fela’s eulogy to his mother ascends beyond the human world to the spiritual world beyond. And that’s where all true answers lie. As moving an EP as you will ever hear, it deserves to be known as one of Fela’s essential works.

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Country Albums %


United Kingdom 45 45%
United States 39 39%
Jamaica 6 6%
Canada 2 2%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Ireland 2 2%
Barbados 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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