"On the cover of Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats’ 1972 debut album, Afro Soco Soul Live,
is a man breaking his chains. In the background are drums and people
dancing. ... Two years later, the cover of their next album, Let’s Have a Party,
was a portrait of a woman sitting in an evening gown, wine glass in
hand, afro blown out, chin up, gaze transfixed. Placed on a red
background, the portrait is edited with an embossed filter such that the
woman looks like a silver relief sculpture. ... Global oil price shocks of 1973–1974
resulted in the most monumental transfer of wealth Nigeria has seen to
date. Nigeria too was on the clouds—of an oil boom. ..."
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