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I’ll presume it’s due to Google searches yielding results on “the kissing disease,” not Monomono’s definition in Yoruba: Dawn of Awareness.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFronted by golden-throated frontman, Johnny Haastrup (also known as Joni), Dawn of Awareness saw release on Capitol/EMI in 1974. Unsurprisingly, it takes direct cues from Nigerian funk overlord, Fela Kuti, who’d previously employed Monomono co-founder, Friday Jumbo, as a conguero. In fact, the album cover even offers, “thanks to brother Fela, for the little hint that did a good job.”\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Monomono","playStationPath":"/stations/275950890/play","stationId":275950890,"bioPath":"/music/Monomono/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Tunde+Mabadu","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ab7/ab79cec953621819b48f877dd0152db4_md.jpg","artistName":"Tunde Mabadu","artistId":94195,"station_id":276007119},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Ogyatanaa+Show+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4d1/4d1a3174d315e2829f0bce2e9f2f2d8c_md.jpg","artistName":"The Ogyatanaa Show Band","artistId":94182,"station_id":276007101},{"musicPath":"/music/Ashanti+Afrika+Jah","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d6e/d6ec9e8c57d353ac368ff6726c7fe941_md.jpg","artistName":"Ashanti Afrika Jah","artistId":93847,"station_id":275904473},{"musicPath":"/music/Olufemi+Ajasa+His+New+Nigerian+Bros","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c72/c72b0e665868349e018ad4fea88f5171_md.jpg","artistName":"Olufemi Ajasa \u0026 His New Nigerian Bros","artistId":94028,"station_id":276007025},{"musicPath":"/music/Femi+Kuti","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/58b/58b3794fc34cd54edfedfdb002ea6a76_md.jpg","artistName":"Femi Kuti","artistId":3249,"station_id":113629098},{"musicPath":"/music/Menahan+Street+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/90e/90ec25768ef2abcf645fc909cadbe46d_md.jpg","artistName":"Menahan Street Band","artistId":13317,"station_id":113321366},{"musicPath":"/music/Geraldo+Pino+The+Heartbeats","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/724/724779dcc94224788b5dc4a91aff6ee2_md.jpg","artistName":"Geraldo Pino \u0026 The Heartbeats","artistId":93912,"station_id":275950847},{"musicPath":"/music/Babatunde+Olatunji","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b62/b629af246bf42d461674ad0b65b4fb41_md.jpg","artistName":"Babatunde Olatunji","artistId":95570,"station_id":276275642},{"musicPath":"/music/Sir+Victor+Uwaifo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f57/f57c49a9d7ef0e57dca331f2e0c7e97e_md.jpg","artistName":"Sir Victor Uwaifo","artistId":117432,"station_id":283168505},{"musicPath":"/music/Fela+Kuti","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/461/461462a29685168574eec6a2a248157f_md.jpg","artistName":"Fela Kuti","artistId":405,"station_id":113364684},{"musicPath":"/music/Cymande","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c8c/c8ccf33e85bd6d5e35c4ad5a1fa5b500_md.jpg","artistName":"Cymande","artistId":127458,"station_id":284746806},{"musicPath":"/music/Tony+Allen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/214/2143f05e6258d8a2dc0b2325c600d31a_md.jpg","artistName":"Tony Allen","artistId":5524,"station_id":114332264},{"musicPath":"/music/Ebo+Taylor","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/81d/81d36bb41efef97ae8e1a2d9de9ce020_md.jpg","artistName":"Ebo Taylor","artistId":93891,"station_id":275950822},{"musicPath":"/music/Ebo+Taylor+Uhuru+Yenzu","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9da/9da7a7a2012eda9d11c9b808f405df26_md.jpg","artistName":"Ebo Taylor \u0026 Uhuru-Yenzu","artistId":93892,"station_id":275950823},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Budos+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/621/6216f887369aad2b2c63baeca14089f3_md.jpg","artistName":"The Budos Band","artistId":47355,"station_id":206669497},{"musicPath":"/music/Melt+Yourself+Down","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4fd/4fd4549f319f4072f155024b8663e003_md.jpg","artistName":"Melt Yourself Down","artistId":439341,"station_id":400872644},{"musicPath":"/music/Kutiman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ed1/ed12691e454d2fec878d89bc5259d4d2_md.jpg","artistName":"Kutiman","artistId":114646,"station_id":282639659},{"musicPath":"/music/Sinkane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/14c/14c56ee0eb98206d931fdab08602ea35_md.jpg","artistName":"Sinkane","artistId":335133,"station_id":389214071}]}