Released: 23/06/23
Fela Kuti’s Gentleman is a pivotal 1973 Afrobeat album and the last recorded with his Africa 70 band in the early '70s. Blending funk, jazz, and sociopolitical critique, the title track confronts post-colonial identity and cultural inferiority, while “Fefe Naa Efe” offers advice on heartbreak, and “Igbe” delivers a blunt denunciation of betrayal and self-disrespect. Bold, unapologetic, and deeply rooted in African consciousness, Gentleman remains a defining work in Fela’s legendary catalogue.