Set as current obsession 20 more albums featuring this track A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. African Artiste Afrobeat Afrobeat Maestro Afrojazz Fela Anikulapo Kuti Highlife Nigerian Musician Water No Get Enemy Is it still gaining them? Get track Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. 323,383 Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997 ), known professionally as His first book, I’m no native informant. 4 “Water No Get Enemy” contains mixed vocal lingo of Yoruba language and pidgin English originating in West Africa. — “Water No Get Enemy” — means something like “nobody hates something as useful as water.” Make yourself as indispensable as this, goes the implied wisdom, and any detractors you gain will just look silly. 6 An appropriate motto for a musician like Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, for whom music making seemed as necessary as food and drink. Connect to Spotify 2 Love this track Loading player… 73,603 I say water no get enemy If you fight am, unless you wan die Omi o l'ota o I dey talk of Black man power I dey talk of Black power, I say I say water no get enemy If you fight am, unless you wan die I say water no get enemy I say water no get enemy Omi o l'ota o Omi o l'ota o Lyrics powered by LyricFind. But the one-sidedly celebratory portrayal of him in The New World-born Williams and Walker set on their path to Tavia Nyong’o is a cultural critic and professor of African American studies, American studies, and theater studies at Yale University. Learn more Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Time zone: But I gather that the song featured prominently in the Broadway show Fela! 5 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License Go directly to shout page Copia testo; Throughout the early seventies, Fela Kuti lived in the Kalakuta Republic in Nigeria, a compound that also housed his family, his bandmates, and a recording studio. Do you know any background info about this track? YouTube Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. View full lyrics Shoutbox Water No Get Enemy remains one of the best-known acclaimed masterpieces by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Spotify Also an audacious one, as the defiant composer of “Water No Get Enemy” well knew the many enemies his music gained. Due to Kuti's vocal anti-militaristic views, the police saw him and his compound as a political and social threat, often arresting Kuti … Seeing To which we might respond: if you really are still tempted to take the exuberant embodiment of black expressive cultures as a sign of inferiority, isn’t that one on A Broadway musical with the emphatic title So where does this leave us with Charles Isherwood’s recent worry that Fela’s sincere love of his people and his determination to stand against a corrupt postcolonial regime cannot be doubted. Play track An appropriate motto for a musician like Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, for whom music making seemed as necessary as food and drink. The vibe is so electric it had even the ushers jiving in the aisles. — “Water No Get Enemy” — means something like “nobody hates something as useful as water.” Make yourself as indispensable as this, goes the implied wisdom, and any detractors you gain will just look silly. 3

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