The Jamaican Nation Language - Rasta Language - Roots & Rasta - Polit(r)ics - Dub Poetry - Dancehall
“ No woman, no cry” would probably be the answer of most people all over the world, if you asked them if they knew a Reggae – song. This fact is the best proof for Bob Marley having been the musician who made Reggae famous over the borders of Jamaica. But it was not only a kind of music or a dance that he spread. It was rather a message. When he sang about social injustice, about war, about faith and about love, he reached the hearts of millions of Europeans, Asians, Africans and Americans.
It was in the second half of the sixties when Alton Ellis’ s song “Get ready- Rock steady” started a new era of music. Although there had already been a similar type of music before: the “Ska”, the new “Rocksteady” was the first predecessor of Reggae that put the rhythm and beat into the background and gave the singer the possibility to transport meanings instead of just decorating the rhythm.
The language that was used was the Jamaican Nation Language and the topics, the messages were many-sided.
Its about Rastafari, about faith, about Ethiopia, about Babylon and Zion, about injustice, about justice about love...
Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic Revolution!
