# Funkahdafi

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[1]"**Funkahdafi**" is a 1985 song by Belgian electronic band [Front 242](/source/Front_242) about Libyan leader [Muammar Gaddafi](/source/Muammar_Gaddafi). The song is one of the band's concert favourites. "Funkahdafi" first appeared on the [EP](/source/Extended_play) *Politics of Pressure* (1985)[2] and was written by Daniel Bressanutti.[1] It also appeared on the band's compilation album *[Back Catalogue](/source/Back_Catalogue)* (1987).[3][4]

## Song

The song opens with a vocal [sample](/source/Sampling_(music)) of American religious leader and political activist [Louis Farrakhan](/source/Louis_Farrakhan)[5] at a [Non-Aligned Movement](/source/Non-Aligned_Movement) meeting: "We who are oppressed love those who fight against oppression and the oppressors. Brothers and sisters, it is with great honor and privilege that I present to you the leader of the al-Fatah revolution. From Libya, our brother Muammar al-Gaddafi."

## References

1. ["Front 242 - Politics Of Pressure"](https://www.discogs.com/Front-242-Politics-Of-Pressure/release/52677). *Discogs*

1. Wolf, Alexander (1997). [*Techno: Jugendkultur der neunziger Jahre*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vYXaAQAAQBAJ&dq=funkahdafi+front+242&pg=PA102). diplom.de. ISBN 9783832404581. – via Google Books.

1. ["F R O N T 2 4 2"](http://www.front242.com/site/content/discography.asp?id=3). *www.front242.com*

1. ["Funkahdafi - Muziekweb"](https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/U00001283971/POPULAR/Funkahdafi). *www.muziekweb.nl*

1. Uhlenbruch, J. Niggels. ["Live Review: Front 242 - Oberhausen 2014"](http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-f-j-concertreviews-158/15320-live-review-front-242-oberhausen-2014)

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