I.T.T. International Thief Thief (1980) was recorded following Afrika 70â€™s disintegration and the formation of Egypt 80. It is one of a quartet of courageous 1979/80 albums completed by V.I.P.

I.T.T.

I.T.T. International Thief Thief (1980) was recorded following Afrika 70â€™s disintegration and the formation of Egypt 80. It is one of a quartet of courageous 1979/80 albums completed by V.I.P. (Vagabonds In Power), Authority Stealing and Coffin For Head Of State. After drummer Tony Allen, who had been with Fela since 1964, quit Afrika 70 in autumn 1978, baritone saxophonist Lekan Animashaun, who had joined Fela in 1965, became Felaâ€™s new band, Egypt 80â€™s bandleader. Animashaun is credited as bandleader on I.T.T., which is really an Egypt 80 album even though the bandâ€™s name is given as Afrika 70 on the sleeve. In â€œInternational Thief Thief ,â€ Fela makes highly insulting, personal attacks on former Nigerian president General Obasanjo, and Moshood Abiola, the local chief executive of the multi-national corporations Internal Telephone & Telegraph (ITT) and Decca Records. Obasanjo Fela regarded as a crook, an incompetent and a thug, and held him responsible for the death of his mother following the 1977 sack of Kalakuta. Abiola, he believed, had both cheated him out of royalties and conspired with Deccaâ€™s London bosses to silence him after the 1977 attack, in order to maintain favourable relations with Obasanjoâ€™s regime. Both men, Fela says, are â€œthieves,â€ â€œratsâ€ and of â€œlow mentality.â€ â€œMany foreign companies dey Africa,â€ sings Fela, â€œcarry all our money go, them get one style wey them dey use, them go pick one African man, a man with low mentality, them go give am million naira bread, to become of high position here, him go bribe some thousand naira bread, to become one useless chief, like rat they do them go do from corner corner, passee passee, under under, passee passee, inside inside, passee passeeâ€¦like Obasanjo and Abiolaâ€¦we are tired of carrying their shit.â€ The backing chorus intermittently respond: â€œInternational Thief Thief!â€
Country USA
Brand Partisan Records
Manufacturer Partisan Records
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber WA-31469869
Model WA-31469869
ReleaseDate 2016-10-14
UnitCount 1
UPCs 720841205111
EANs 0720841205111

Country	USA
Brand	Partisan Records
Manufacturer	Partisan Records
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	WA-31469869
Model	WA-31469869
ReleaseDate	2016-10-14
UnitCount	1
UPCs	720841205111
EANs	0720841205111

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