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ABSTRACT
Political protest and songs have had inseparable relationship from time immemorial, but the Actual Protest Value of songs, that is, the exact aspects where songs exert their greatest influence in protest, are yet to attract high scholarly attention. This is what the current research tries to locate through Fela Anikulapo Kuti's “Sorrow, Tears and Blood, Shuffering and Shmiling, and Zombie,” using in-depth analysis of the songs' lyrics plus opinions of scholars in their scholarly works. Finding is that the actual protest values of the four songs are high in meditation upon protest problem and sustenance of ongoing protests, but very low in igniting protests on their own. Most people who listen to Fela’s songs are mere fans of his music, not adherents of their lyrics. The analysis is used to explain the conditions of the common Nigerian citizens and what they pass through in their daily lives. The conclusion is that song is a weak trigger of protest, but it plays a very big role in sustaining resistance.
