{"product_id":"noise-for-vendor-mouth-digital-download","title":"Noise For Vendor Mouth — Digital Download","description":"\u003csection class=\"description product-description module\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"description-article\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track likens politicians to street hawkers and hustlers, and caused considerable controversy. So did the B-side, “Mattress,” though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a woman’s role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Fela’s espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck a discordant note with some listeners, who accused him of being “anti women.” Fela was Fela and a man of his time, but he was never hostile to women. As he often acknowledged, his two greatest political influences were women: his mother, who had been an early champion of women’s rights in Nigeria, and Sandra Izsadore, the black-rights activist he began a relationship with in the US in 1969. Each opened his mind, between them turning a playboy into a political revolutionary. First re-issued as part of Fela Kuti Box Set #5 curated by Chris Martin \u0026amp; Femi Kuti in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Fela Kuti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52578390475080,"sku":"DIGITAL-PARTISAN-108","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/0402\/5416\/files\/6198b4df-47df-47d3-9522-de397a9aa233_1.jpg?v=1772534042","url":"https:\/\/store-uk.partisanrecords.com\/products\/noise-for-vendor-mouth-digital-download","provider":"Partisan Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}