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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