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Upside Down was written by Fela to portray a worldly travelled African, who searches the dictionary, and finds the definition of upside down—a perfect description of the African situation.

Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense: Fela explains the role of the teacher in any society.

He Miss Road combines the sound of James Brown-style 70s funk with a stripped down Afrobeat performance.

Gentleman is both an Africa 70 and Afro-beat masterpiece.

Fear Not For Man was written in the heat of Fela’s conflict with the military.

Fela’s encouragement to his fellow Nigerians, saying, essentially, that if you’re working in tune with the universe, nothing can be done to stop you. Extending the point further: the world needs the black man, and therefore it needs Africa.

Everything Scatter is about the person and actions of Fela and the members of Kalakuta Republic, which for a long time has become cause for controversy among the Nigerian public.