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Question for reggae afficianados
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DOes anyone know who Marcus Garvey is/ was? Seems like almost every reggae artist mentions him. im going to check wikipedia next, but thought someone here might have some insight. thanks
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How old are you? I learned about him back in soph. or junior year of high school. For the most basic description possible but all you need to know for the reggae part: he was a Jamaican black activist from the early 1900's. He's considered (or considered equal to) a profit to many rastafarian's.
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26. not sure why that matters. dont remember ever hearing of him anywhere other than reggae songs. but thanks
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no problem man. it doesn't really matter actually. i just figured you hadn't learned about him yet. aparently you just didn't learn about him in the first place. oh well. my history teacher was a nut anyways. he died his hair blue and lived in china for 2 years.
Burning Spear has a great song named after him if you haven't heard it already. Yahadanai actually uses an excerpt from one of his speeches in one of his songs too.
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they dont teach that in them canadian schools i didnt know either
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yea its on harder than the best, a couple good songs about him on there, i highly recommend that album
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