Catalog Number: NA5275-LP
Color: Black
Format: LP
UPC: 659457527556
The last great rock LP from Nigeria's post civil war underground.
Be Nice to the People was recorded in 1977 by Fela producer Odion Iruoje as
he chased the runaway success of high school band Ofege.
The Western world was in the throes of peace, love and flower power as Nigeria
descended into civil war in 1967. The rock scene that developed during the
following three years of bloodshed and destruction would come to heal the
country, propagate the world-wide ideal of the modern Nigerian, and propel
Fela to stardom after the conflict ended in 1970.
The members of Question Mark were children when the Nigerian civil war ended
and by the time they recorded their only album in 1977 they were college students,
chasing rock n' roll dreams as Afro-beat turned to Afro-disco. Theirs is a fiery
reminder of a once vibrant scene.