Femi Kuti
One People One World
Release Date: Feb 23, 2018
Genre(s): World, Afrobeat, Pop/Rock
Record label: Knitting Factory
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Album Review: One People One World by Femi Kuti
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
In the five years between Femi Kuti's Grammy-nominated No Place for My Dream and One People One World, he's been a busy man. He regularly performs at The Shrine, the performance space he built as a memorial to his late father Fela Kuti, he's a touring musician, and he also serves as a traveling ambassador for Amnesty International. (He also found time in 2017 to break the Guinness world record for the longest-held single note on a saxophone -- 51 minutes and 35 seconds.) One People One World is Kuti's tenth album with his longstanding band Positive Force and its musical director and guitarist Opeyemi Awomolo.
Based on rating 6/10
The frustrations that appear throughout Femi Kuti's One People One World will be familiar to anyone with a passing interest in international news. The stories of despair that generally reach the UK from Kuti's Nigeria are all present here but they appear alongside a call for resistance. He argues that Nigeria has been held back from its true potential by corrupt politicians and bad governance, as he and his father Fela Kuti have argued on many previous albums, and the stories of corruption and deprivation here are balanced with a message of hope.
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