Peter Tosh

Discrimination has been an ongoing struggle as far back as history can recall, and it is unfortunate that it is still an issue today. We have made tremendous progress for women, African Americans, and other minorities, but we are still in the midst of full rights for the LGBT community. It would be unrealistic to say that this community now has complete equality, especially when states like North Carolina pass laws allowing discrimination and refusal of treatments to the LGBT community. It is…

In the works Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick, Dr. Strangelove (1964), “Until the End of the World,” by Adrienne Redd, “The Wrath of Khan,” by William Langewiesche, “99 LuftBallons,” by Nena, “Political Science,” by Randy Newman, “No Nuclear War,” by Peter Tosh, “Agony of Hiroshima,” by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Wikipedia article “nuclear holocaust”, a common motif is mass destruction is the result of ignorance. Eugene Burdick’s political thriller, Fail-Safe (1962), displays that the military and…

The first song I picked is “We shall overcome” from Pete Seeger. The song is originally not from him, but was associated with the American folk singer after using it as a song of protest during the Civil Right Movement. The song became an anthem for the movement; because the melody is simple but contains lyrics that can speak to many, the song is a battle cry for any group that would face adversity. In fact, the song is still recorded today in support of diverse causes. Sunday Bloody Sunday…

With sidekicks Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston, Bob Marley began to truly take off with the release of his first chart topper “Trench Town Rock”. “The song was about the deadly 1967 Kingston riot that was a harbinger of the troubled Jamaican political climate that would…

Reggae music nowadays is a very iconic genre that is often relaxing island jams that also have uplifting messages. In the 21st century, reggae music can be found in a variety of different cultures and has evolved greatly. However, its roots came from the common people of Jamaica during a time of oppression. Due to its powerful messages, reggae music developed a religion, challenged the government, and had an overall global impact on the world. During the time of the great slave trade from…

Jamaica is most famous for ragged music that was born in the fifties and sixties from mento, rocksteady, and ska. A famous ragae singer was Bob Marley, backed by his group the Wailers. Other famous raged singers are Desmond Dekkar, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, and Burning Spears. Jamaica has lots of interesting and unique geography. Jamaica was formed when North american and caribbean tectonic plates collided around twenty five million years ago. Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, ninety…

Robert Nesta Marley, better known as Bob Marley, was born February 6, 1945. He is the son of Cedella and Norval. Cedella was young only eighteen when she gave birth to Bob. At a young age, Bob grew up in the rural community of Nine Miles which is a village in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. Nine Miles had many African customs they took from their ancestors. The main one was storytelling. They used it to tell about the past and their traditions, many of these were overlooked in history. These stories…

Name: Chiagozie Harry Okeke University of Massachusetts at Boston Africana Studies Department AFRSTY 101 Introduction to Africana Studies Class activity: After Viewing the documentary on Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood, please complete the following exercise. 1. What did you know about Marcus Garvey before watching the documentary? How did this video change your previous views? Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica at the year 1887-1940. He became a Black Nationalist movement by applying the…

Will African Leaders Learn The Compaore Lesson? Following the resignation of the military dictator-turned-politician and former Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore, on Friday after violent protests over his audacious attempt to extend his 27-year rule, the question one might ask is: Will other African leaders learn a lesson from the Compaore nemesis? In an unprecedented move, the former strongman of Burkina Faso, who had stubbornly rejected earlier warnings to step down after his office…

often bores the weight of politicized lyrics that addresses social and economic injustice, it helps to raise awareness about social and political issues. Among those who pioneered the new reggae sound like Toots and the Maytals, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, the luminary of reggae in Jamaica, hugely contributed to the international style of Reggae and advocated for social change. In this paper, I argue that reggae is a place where social and political messages take roots and can be…