Nkiru

Description

Nkiru is an album by the Nigerian-born, British based singer and songwriter Ben Okafor, released in the UK on Edge Records in November 1989, licensed and distributed by Kingsway Publications. Released in the US by Refuge Records in 1991, distributed by Spectra (featuring a slightly different tracklist). The album was produced, recorded, and mixed by Bob Lamb at 122a Highbury Road Studios (a.k.a. Bob Lamb Studios) in Birmingham, England. All songs written by Ben Okafor except “Downpressor Man” credited Peter Tosh (which actually is a cover of “Sinner Man”, an African American traditional spiritual song).

[Jamie Lee Rake, CCM, September 1991]

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LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Wake Up” – 4:30
A2. “Got Me Running” – 4:47
A3. “Oke Na Ngwele” – 2:47
A4. “I Need Love” – 5:09
A5. “Mandela” – 4:31

Side Two
B1. “Stay With Me” – 3:50
B2. “Raise Your Conscience” – 4:55
B3. “Downpressor Man” – 4:56
B4. “Filippino” – 3:24
B5. “Look Out” – 2:30

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and 12-inch vinyl LP by Edge Records. Later re-issued on cassette and CD in the US by Refuge Records in 1991, featuring a slightly different tracklist (Side One: Wake Up / Got Me Running / Oke Na Ngwele / Man of Sorrow / I Need Love. Side Two: Raise Your Conscience / Filippino / World Gone Crazy / No Matter What It Is / Look Out.)

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