I like to say protest music as a concept is overrated. It merely reflects how people are already feeling, it doesn't spur people to action. But then there's this album which is an obvious counterargument. I think the reason it works is that it doesn't insist on anything intellectual or frivolous. It is fun. It is memorable. Everybody in Nigeria irrespective of tribe or city could sing the words to Zombie because it's so damn simple. It's not a dirge, they know they are better than their oppressors.