Post on 02-Feb-2016
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The Reggae music
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1.The origins2.A leader of the
mouvement3.What is a
Rastafarian?
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The origins• The end of the 60’s
• A mix between many styles of music
• The word “reggae” only appears in 1973, in the Western press
• The first reggae song
• “Early reggae”
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Different etymologies
REGGAE :
• “Streggae”
• “Regular guy”, “Regular people”
• “La musica del rey” -> Bob Marley
• “Raggamuffin”
• “Rege-rege”
• “A ragged rythm”
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The evolution
• 1968 - 1970 : the early reggae
• 1970 - 1972 : the reggae one-drop
• 1972 : the roots rock reggae
• 1985 : the early digital
In 1972, reggae is becoming an international mouvement.
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Other things
• Sound system -> 1940
• Dub -> 1970
• Lover’s Rock -> 70’s
• Skinhead reggae -> 1969-1970
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Nesta Robert Marley
“The King”
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Who was he?
February 6, 1945 in Jamaica
Black mother and white father
• Ska period -> teenager : 1962
• Rocksteady period -> wedding : 1966
• Reggae period -> no money : 1969
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His success• July 18, 1975 in London
“Rastaman vibration” (1976)
• December 3, 1976 : Marley shot
• 1977 : - Left Jamaica
- A toe accident + skin cancer
• 1978 : Back to Jamaica
• 1980 : 5 tumors
• May 11, 1981 : The end of “the King”
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Lion in Zion
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Rastafari mouvement
• A religious mouvement
• Haile Selassie I -> Ras Tafari
• Salomon’s and David’s family
• Jesus’ reincarnation
• JAH (God / Ganjah)
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Philosophy
• A unity in diversity (I-nity)
• The Nazarite vow :• Do not brush or cut your hair• Do not eat meat• Do not consume vine’s product
• Babylone
• Nothing is written everything is oral
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Vocabulary• “Dread talk”, “I-ance”, “I-yaric”
• “I and I” = “Jah, my brothers and me”
• “Wanty wanty cyan getty, getty getty no wanty “
• “Gwaan back me waterpumpee, me cool and deadly fi go dance with we lady.”
• Ban-dulu, Baldhead, Batty boy, BigUp, Dread, Shitstem, Wolf, Yuth...
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The ganja• Religious rite -> get closer to Jah
• “The wisdom weed”
• The herb of life mentioned in the Bible
• True Rastafarians don’t smoke cigarettes
• Other herbs are used for medicinal purposes
• Ganga is the most popular
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Conclusion