Zombie

Zombie is an Afrobeat album by the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti and his band Africa 70, released in Nigeria by Coconut Records in 1976 and in the United Kingdom by Creole Records in 1977. Its title track uses the image of the zombie to satirise the blind obedience of soldiers, over a long groove of drums, bass and brass answered by a large chorus. The album was a great popular success in Nigeria; according to the sources, it angered the military government of the time and was followed by the soldiers' attack on Kuti's Kalakuta Republic commune on 18 February 1977, in which his mother was fatally injured. In 2025 it became the first Nigerian album inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Note on sources: the album is dated 1976 (Nigerian release) or 1977 (UK and other editions), and the band's name is written both Africa 70 and Afrika 70.