Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff is a renowned Jamaican musician and actor who has made significant contributions to the world of reggae music. Born on April 1, 1948,...
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Lee “Scratch” Perry
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Lee “Scratch” Perry, byname of Rainford Hugh Perry, (born March 28, 1936, Kendal, Jamaica), Jamaican producer, songwriter, singer, and disc jockey who helped reshape reggae...
Toots and the Maytals
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Toots and the Maytals is a legendary Jamaican musical group that has made significant contributions to the development and popularization of reggae music. Formed in...
Reggae
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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...
Peter Tosh
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Peter Tosh was a Jamaican musician, singer, songwriter, and activist who rose to fame as a member of the legendary reggae band, The Wailers. He...
Bob Marley
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Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician who became one of the most influential figures in the history of reggae music. Born...
Rastafari
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Rastafari also spelled Ras Tafari, is a religious and political movement, that began in Jamaica in the 1930s and was adopted by many groups around...
West Indies
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West Indies, Spanish Indias Occidentales, French Indes Occidentales, Dutch West-Indië, crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of...
Haile Selassie I
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Haile Selassie I, original name Tafari Makonnen, (born July 23, 1892, near Harer, Ethiopia—died August 27, 1975, Addis Ababa), emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to...
The kingdom of Dahomey
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Dahomey, is a kingdom in western Africa that flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries in the region that is now southern Benin. According to...