Shakara (Oloje)

"Shakara (Oloje)" was written by Fela Kuti and is the second track of Shakara, 13:26 by Wikipedia and 13:25 by one retailer. It was not a single. It was recorded in Lagos in 1971 or 1972, produced by Fela, with Africa 70: he played saxophone and electric piano, Tony Allen drums and Tommy James bass, with a horn section and a band of percussionists. Wikipedia gives no meaning for it. A review in The Wee Review describes a mostly instrumental track with a brief vocal, in Yoruba by one account and Yoruba and English by another, that mocks boasters and braggarts who cannot back up their talk; we found no quote from Fela and did not confirm the meaning of the word shakara from a Yoruba source.

Our upload is from Fela's official channel, titled "Fela Kuti - Shakara", and the page does not say whether it is a remaster or an edit, so we treat it as the album recording. Ezra Collective recorded "Lady" and "Shakara" for a bonus yellow 7-inch with the Shakara 50th anniversary edition, released on Partisan Records on January 13, 2023. We found no chart entry, video, setlist.fm count or samples.