Beasts of No Nation (album)

Beasts of No Nation
Studio album by
Fela Kuti
Released1989
LabelShanachie[1]
ProducerWally Badarou
Fela Kuti chronology
Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
(1986) 		Beasts of No Nation
(1989) 		Confusion Break Bones
(1990)

Beasts of No Nation is an album by the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.[2][3] It was released in 1989.[4] Kuti is credited with his band Egypt 80.[5]

Kuti played the title track on his 1986 North American tour and promoted it in interviews.[6] The album sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first year of release.[7]

The 2005 novel by Uzodinma Iweala takes its title from the album.[8]

  1. ^ Green, Tony (6 Nov 1997). "Cool stuff you may not have heard, yet...". The Florida Times-Union. p. D2.
  2. ^ "Fela Kuti Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Taylor, Steve (September 27, 2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black.
  4. ^ Thompson, Dave (August 21, 2001). Funk. Hal Leonard Corporation.
  5. ^ Cheyney, Tom (May 17, 1990). "Recordings: Beasts of No Nation". Rolling Stone. No. 578. p. 144.
  6. ^ Hurst, John V. (November 17, 1986). "Fela Casts His Spell with Political Punch". The Sacramento Bee. p. B5.
  7. ^ Boehm, Mike (27 July 1990). "Nigerian Musician Sees Music as a Tool". Los Angeles Times. p. F1.
  8. ^ Eaglestone, Robert (May 26, 2017). The Broken Voice: Reading Post-Holocaust Literature. Oxford University Press.