Six Fela Kuti albums to be reissued on vinyl next month

The albums to see vinyl once more are Fear Not For Man, Beasts Of No Nation, Everything Scatter, Roforofo Fight, Alagbon Close, and Na Poi. The releases span a 17 year period between 1972-1989, and this will be the first time since their original runs in Nigeria that they have been available on vinyl.

A website dedicated to the life of Kuti was launched last month, intended as "a homage to Fela, telling his story through the eyes of those who knew and loved him, from near or far, featuring anecdotes, blogs, features, photographs, videos, and his powerful, ever-present and effervescent music. It also includes the official Fela webstore, offering a wide range of Fela memorabilia."

An event in London (along with many others across the world) next month will celebrate what would have been Kuti's 77th birthday. Taking place in the atrium of the British Library on 16 October, the same day as the launch of new exhibit West Africa - Word, Symbol, Song ("a major exhibition tracing the written and oral history of West Africa for the past three centuries", the Late At The Library: Felabration! will feature 16-piece collective the Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, and many more.

The records will all be released on 16 October via Knitting Factory.

Stream Everything Scatter below.