this is freaky. man in black glasses: that shift in music had a lot to do with the war. archival: nigeria s rebel eastern state, the republic of biafra, declared itss independence. man in black glasses: that music was needed to translate the darkness. archival: soldiers of the breakaway province suffered heavy casualties and ultimate defeat. 1000 biafrans a day died of starvation. anthony: the music was a defiant middle finger to war, to corruption, and to repressive military rule. man in black glasses: you know how military dictators try to control everything. anthony: but of all the music at the time, nothing and nobody took it directly to the people in such explicitly confrontational terms, its afro-beat and its architect, fela kuti. when the government were giving
anthony: yeah, let s hear. this is freaky. man in black glasses: that shift in music had a lot to do with the war. archival: nigeria s rebel eastern state, the republic of biafra, declared its independence. man in black glasses: that music was needed to translate the darkness. archival: soldiers of the breakaway province suffered heavy casualties and ultimate defeat. 1000 biafrans a day died of starvation. anthony: the music was a defiant middle finger to war, to corruption, and to repressive military rule. man in black glasses: you
which i ll play for you. anthony:yeah, let s hear. this is freaky. man in black glasses: that shift in music had a lot to do with the war. archival: nigeria s rebel eastern state, the republic of biafra declared its independence. man in black glasses: that music was needed to translate the darkness. archival: soldiers of the breakaway province suffered heavy casualties and ultimate defeat. a,000 biafrans a day died of starvation. anthony: the music was a defiant middle finger to war, to corruption, and to repressive military rule. man in black glasses: you know how military dictators try to control everything. anthony: but of all the music at the time, nothing and nobody