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Why Go to War

Why Go to War
1979

“Like Arthur Russell, William Onyeabor was incredibly ahead of his time and sadly under-appreciated during his active years. Noisey made a documentary about him called Fantastic Man, which is definitely worth a watch. This song was released only three years after ‘Zombie’ and touches on Nigerian politics. More broadly it deals with east-west international warfare. The lyric “you want another guy stop a bullet for you, but you’ll never like to stop a bullet” is particularly haunting.”
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Why go to war, why not find peace?
(Continues)
Contributed by kairobi 2014/7/2 - 16:04




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