Sonny Okosun's Ozziddi - 3rd World (1980) Vinyl LP • Nigeria Reggae

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Import from USA & Canada. Vinyl plays with crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); a couple tiny surface abrasions on front; a couple discoloration spots on back. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine has no text and shows very mild-wear. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; minor wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Fire in Soweto
2. Papa's Land
3. 3rd World
4. Tire Ni Oluwa

About The Record:

Sonny Okosun was a Nigerian musician, who was known as the leader of the Ozzidi band. He named his band Ozzidi after a renowned Ijaw river god, but to Okosun the meaning was "there is a message". His surname is sometimes spelled Okosuns and his first name Sunny. He was one of the leading Nigerian musicians from the late 1970s to mid-1980s. Okosun's brand of African pop music, Ozzidi, is a synthesis of Afro-beat, reggae and funk music. From 1977, he became known for protest songs about Pan-Africanism, freedom and a few other social and political issues affecting Africans.