{"product_id":"fela-kuti-noise-for-vendor-mouth","title":"Fela Kuti - Noise For Vendor Mouth (Red Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePressed on opaque red vinyl.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe title track likens politicians to street hawkers and hustlers, and caused considerable controversy. So did the B-side, “Mattress,” though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a woman’s role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Fela’s espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck a discordant note with some listeners, who accused him of being “anti women.” Fela was Fela and a man of his time, but he was never hostile to women. As he often acknowledged, his two greatest political influences were women: his mother, who had been an early champion of women’s rights in Nigeria, and Sandra Izsadore, the black-rights activist he began a relationship with in the US in 1969. Each opened his mind, between them turning a playboy into a political revolutionary.\n\u003cbr\u003eFirst re-issued as part of Fela Kuti Box Set #5 curated by Chris Martin \u0026amp; Femi Kuti in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knittin' Factory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44509795418336,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/FELA-KUTI_NOISE-FOR-VENDORMOUTH_MOCKUP_FRONT.jpg?v=1703074190","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/fela-kuti-noise-for-vendor-mouth","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}