Femi Kuti announces new album, Journey Through Life

Revisiting old tracks with fresh perspectives and producing entirely on his own for the first time, the album captures Femi’s journey as an artist, activist and father.

"Journey Through Life is basically a summary of my life from my childhood to adulthood. All through my life family has been a solid foundation, from my parents, grandparents, to my siblings, cousins and now my children, my nieces and nephews, soon my grandchildren, and true to my song at the end of the day for me family is all that matters. I believe many events happen in our lives that draw us away from each other like an undercurrent, but the essence is to manage such events and let love prevail," Femi Kuti explains.

“‘After 24 Years’ is summarising the last 24 years of our leadership in Nigeria (from 1999 to 2023). Since my track ‘Sorry Sorry’ was released in 1998 on the album Shoki Shoki, where I sang that our politicians and soldiers were one and the same, Nigeria went into another democratic dispensation in 1999, and true to the words of the track ‘Sorry Sorry’, our politicians have proven me right that they govern as bad if not worse than the military dictatorship," Kuti says of the single.

Femi Kuti produced, composed and arranged all songs on Journey Through Life. The album was recorded in Nigeria at the Legacy Plus studios, a newly built studio by the Kuti family. It was mixed by Sodi at Studio Zarma in Paris, France.

Tracklist:

1. Journey Through Life
2. Chop And Run
3. After 24 Years
4. Corruption Na Stealing
5. Politics Don Expose Them
6. Shotan
7. Oga Doctor
8. Last Mugu
9. Work On Myself
10. Think My People Think