Jeun Ko Ku

Album: Open & Close/Afrodisiac (1971)
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  • According to Tejumola Olaniyan in his Indiana University Press biography, Arrest the Music! Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics, "Jeun Ko Ku" (or "Chop And Quench") was Fela's first commercially successful single.

    Released in 1971, "It was a wildly popular hit that sold more than 200,000 copies within six weeks of its release, setting Fela on the path to musical stardom." >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England

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