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ASSIGNMENT 3: POPULAR CULTURE
MUSIC AND CULTURE
Reggae, style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country's dominant music. By the 1970s it had become an international style that was particularly popular in Britain, the United States, and Africa. It was widely perceived as a voice of the oppressed.
Basic Facts
Country: Jamaica
Capital: Kingston
Official language: English
National Day: Independence Day - August 6
Type of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Motto: "Out of Many, One People"
Total Population: Approximately 2.5 million
Currency: Jamaican Dollar
Weather: Tropical
Rastafarian culture and religion
The Rastafarian movement started way back in Jamaica among working-class black people in the 1930s. It began in part as a social stand against whites and the middle-classes, whom the Rastafarians saw as oppressors. Among their grievances, the Rastafarians believed that by being taken to the Caribbean by slave traders they had been robbed of their African heritage, which they sought to recapture and celebrate.
Dreadlocks
They have several meanings. First, they are a part of the biblical Nazarene vow, which prohibits shaving and combing the hair.But it is not the dreadlocks that make someone a rastaman, and some Rastas' don't wear dreadlocks.The locks, because of their appearance, symbolize the roots of the man, and his spirituality, the link with Jah.
Jamaican flag Symbolism
Black depicts the strength and creativity of the people; Gold, the natural beauty of the sunlight and the wealth of the country; and Green signifies hope and agricultural resources.
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Bob marley
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BIOGRAPHY
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BOB MARLEYRobert "Bob" Nesta Marley is the greatest ever reggae singer. Hespread reggae and his message of love and unity to a worldwideaudience. His live performances were legendary for their passion andenergy. Marley's album 'Exodus' was voted by 'Time' magazine as thebest of the 20th Century. The BBC declared his song 'One Love' as thesong of the millennium.
Marley was born in 1945 in a small village in Jamaica to a white fatherand black mother. The racist bullying he received as a child had animpact on his songwriting. He left school at the age of 14 to makemusic. He met members of his future band The Wailers at a jamsession. It took several years before they became famous.
The Wailers' first album 'Catch a Fire' was released in 1973 and soldwell. Another album followed a year later which included the song 'IShot The Sheriff'. Eric Clapton's cover of the song in 1974 broughtMarley a lot of global attention. In 1975, Marley released his
breakthrough song 'No Woman, No Cry', still regarded as a classictoday.
Marley left Jamaica for England in 1976 to record his 'Exodus' and'Kaya' albums. He toured the world and performed to campaignagainst apartheid in South Africa and to celebrate Zimbabwe'sindependence. He died of cancer in 1981, aged 36. He was given astate funeral in Jamaica according to the Rastafari tradition. Hecontinues to be an important influence on today's music.
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