Peter Tosh in the Frank Talk Newsletters
Frank Talk was a political journal founded in 1984 in South Africa, and arising out of the student-led anti-apartheid movement of the 1970s and 80s. Originally the pseudonym under which Steve Biko...
View ArticleBob Marley Conquers Boston – Amandla 1979
The Amandla Festival of Unity was a world music festival held at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1979. The festival was held in an effort to support and celebrate the liberation...
View ArticleNkulee Dube: “In South Africa, A Reggae Legacy Lives On” (NPR Interview)
Reggae, of course, was born in Jamaica, but the music has deep connections to what many Jamaicans consider the motherland – Africa. South African artist Lucky Dube was the continent’s all-time...
View ArticleA few words about Nelson Mandela
A HARD RAIN FALLS IN DC AS HOPE IS SNATCHED FROM THE WORLD So I guess what everyone’s saying is true: the world lost a giant today. Unfortunately, I found out about the death of Nelson Mandela at 6am...
View ArticleGreatest Mandela Tribute Tunes?
Many thanks to MIDNIGHT RAVER’s Peter Van Arnhem for sending me this list of the greatest reggae tunes with Nelson Mandela in the title. The list was compiled by www.reggae.be. Reggae artists were an...
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