Released: 13/05/08
Back in 2001, the first edition of Nigeria 70 broke the mould for African compilations, featuring a wide spectrum of musical styles from across the 1970s and an audio documentary tracing the music's history. For 2008, the Strut label delves deeper into the Lagos underground for another essential box of West African dynamite. From the heavy jazz of Peter King to Bola Johnson's scratchy Afro funk and the rolling grooves of juju legend Sir Shina Peters, this is some of the best music ever to emerge from Africa during the 1970s.