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Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: I Need A Sugar Mummy by tafari(m): 12:57am On Jul 14, 2007
blue sky, too much question cry if you are interested tell me grin. i am his agent. cool
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Who's Dating Who On Nairaland? by tafari(m): 12:55am On Jul 14, 2007
1 cuteass
2 nikynike
3 creamish
4 omogenaija--the hottest and latest
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: I Need A Sugar Mummy by tafari(m): 12:52am On Jul 14, 2007
I can give you a link. but with my commission. are u ready?
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Who's Dating Who On Nairaland? by tafari(m): 12:50am On Jul 14, 2007
kitaun:

@Ruddie

did u hear that?? tongue tongue

now run along and be a good boy tongue


@Gamine

Thanx for all the love sweetie kiss kiss




this is child abuse lipsrsealed grin grin
Forum Games / Re: Be The Last Person To Post Here: by tafari(m): 10:39pm On Jul 13, 2007
my dear, i am kool.
Forum Games / Re: Reverse The Signature Of The Nairalander On Top Of You! by tafari(m): 10:32pm On Jul 13, 2007
blindness
Forum Games / Re: Be The Last Person To Post Here: by tafari(m): 10:31pm On Jul 13, 2007
odo mode naija
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Meet Krazy People Here by tafari(m): 4:36am On Jul 12, 2007
@ciei, you how are?
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Strictly For Cuteass! by tafari(m): 4:35am On Jul 12, 2007
another one for you my sweetheart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnDrbagYm24
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Strictly For Cuteass! by tafari(m): 3:32am On Jul 12, 2007
cuteass, hope you understand. concrete jungle by bob nesta marley



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSg1AxVoG1I
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Im Curious. . . My Turn To Advertise by tafari(m): 1:14am On Jul 12, 2007
can't believe my eyes shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked.
creamish, i thought we have settled that. angry my position is not vacant. caveat emptor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJaJ-pO1Szs
Forum Games / Re: Be The Last Person To Post Here: by tafari(m): 12:54am On Jul 12, 2007
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Meet Krazy People Here by tafari(m): 11:36pm On Jul 11, 2007
no cause for control. everything is under alarm.
mukinatudeen, is where twinny and ika""""""""{{{{{}}}LLPPPOOO
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Meet Krazy People Here by tafari(m): 10:42pm On Jul 11, 2007
2x1=21
2x2=22
2x3=23
2x4=24
2x5=25
Sports / Re: Free Kicks: The Real Players by tafari(m): 10:30pm On Jul 11, 2007
the more you look on nairaland the more confused you are.
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Meet Krazy People Here by tafari(m): 10:27pm On Jul 11, 2007
cheesy shocked lipsrsealed cry
cheesy grin sad shocked cool
cry kiss undecided lipsrsealed embarassed tongue
tongue embarassed lipsrsealed cool sad angry
grin wink shocked cool tongue lipsrsealed
kiss embarassed shocked grin
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Meet Krazy People Here by tafari(m): 7:32pm On Jul 10, 2007
oh lord, i come don today.
Celebrities / Re: Ugly Stars by tafari(m): 11:57pm On Jul 09, 2007
Freewilly:

I hear you my brother,

JAH bless you!
Celebrities / Re: Ugly Stars by tafari(m): 11:26pm On Jul 09, 2007
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall inherit the kingdom of Jah.

let there be peace!  cool
Culture / Re: If You Can Speak Yoruba, Talk It In Here! by tafari(m): 10:29pm On Jul 09, 2007
mishoo, alaafia ni mo wa o! iwo nko?
Culture / Re: If You Can Speak Yoruba, Talk It In Here! by tafari(m): 10:17pm On Jul 09, 2007
oloye segeoye, ba wo ni o? e ku ayeye ojo. oye a mo ori o. iyawo nko? se alaafia ni o wa?
mo ni ki nkan si o ni o.
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Meet Krazy People Here by tafari(m): 7:54pm On Jul 09, 2007
popcorn and pammy want to I eat
Culture / Re: If You Can Speak Yoruba, Talk It In Here! by tafari(m): 7:12pm On Jul 09, 2007
iyalaje booni?
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Meet Krazy People Here by tafari(m): 7:08pm On Jul 09, 2007
lord, i hope this good is nite undecided undecided undecided
Forum Games / Re: Guess That Nl Members Age by tafari(m): 1:33am On Jul 09, 2007
21
Forum Games / Re: Be The Last Person To Post Here: by tafari(m): 1:31am On Jul 09, 2007
where is cuteass?
Forum Games / Re: Reply Signatures. by tafari(m): 1:29am On Jul 09, 2007
hatred is the destruction.
Forum Games / Re: Who Are You Missing Today? by tafari(m): 1:27am On Jul 09, 2007
nobody!
Celebrities / Re: Ugly Stars by tafari(m): 1:23am On Jul 09, 2007
make una leave my 'girl' alone o grin grin grin
Celebrities / Re: Ugly Stars by tafari(m): 12:58am On Jul 09, 2007
hmnnnnnnnn, !
Nairaland / General / Re: Tafari - Meet The Jah Priest! by tafari(m): 12:51am On Jul 09, 2007
REGGAE AND SLAVERY


Reggae's influence and popularity both within and outside Jamaica reflects its 'third-world origins'. In particular, reggae's roots are embedded in the historical conditions of Jamaican slavery and colonialism.
Barry T. Bays, P. Renée Foster, Stephen A. King; Reggae, Rastafari and the Rhetoric of Social Control; 2002
In a sense, Jamaican people were born into a world of suffering because of slavery, and the vitality of music as a healing, uplifting part of life was born with them. The emotional effects that slavery has had on Jamaicans was heard in the music of that time and is still heard in the music of today.
Andy Tower, The Painful Path of Music - Slavery and Suffering in Jamaica and their effects on Jamaican Music, 1998
Now I think of reggae music as a form of verbal history. I pay attention to the lyrics of the songs because I now know that the artists are trying to tell me something. When I listen to reggae music, I feel strong. I use reggae music as a way to feel empowered. If the slaves of Jamaica overcame all that they did, I can do anything. That, I believe, is the message of reggae music.
Sarah Novick, The Effects of Slavery on Reggae Music
Reggae songs are often commentaries on social conditions, particularly in Jamaica.


Steel Pulse
Since the majority of Jamaicans are the descendants of enslaved Africans it's unsurprising that a number of reggae lyrics deal with the historical and social upheaval of slavery.

Some songs look back at past brutality and exploitation, some sing of the lost homeland in Africa and of hopes for repatriation.

Other songs celebrate Marcus Garvey and his philosophy of the return to Africa, while others deal with the political implications of that philosophy and of slavery for the present day.

The examples below are only some of the many reggae lyrics based on slavery. British reggae bands included in this list are Aswad, from London, and Steel Pulse from Birmingham.

Slavery came and took its toll
In the name of John Bull Dog
Said we turned our backs on God
Lost the powers that we had
Now our back's agains' the wall
Ask ourselves about the fall
Rise Rise Rise
Hold onto your culture
Steel Pulse, Not King James Version
Steel Pulse, Not King James Version (29s)
© Island Records Ltd

And when slave master beat I with the whip
And he made I jump and twist
We use that music to cool us down I say
You couldn't give up now
You know you couldn't give up now
Couldn't give up now
Aswad, Drum and Bass Line
Aswad, Drum and Bass Line (29s)
© Sony Music Entertainment

Today they say that we are free
Only to be chained in poverty
Ev'ry time I hear a crack of the whip
My blood runs cold
I remember on the slave ship
How they brutalised their very souls
Bob Marley, Slave Driver, from the album Catch a Fire
Bob Marley, Slave Driver (29s)
© 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
Bob Marley, Redemption Song, from the album Legend
Bob Marley, Redemption Song (29s)
© 1984 Island Records

By the rivers of Babylon
Where we sat down
And there we wept
When we remembered Zion
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alfa song
In a strange land
Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alfa song
In a strange land
Melodians, Rivers of Babylon (B. Dowe, F. McHaughton, adapted from Psalm 137)
Melodians, Rivers of Babylon (29s)
© 1989 Ocean Records Ltd

Look, oh Lord, they brought us down here
Have us in bondage, right through these years
Fussing and fighting, among ourselves
Nothing to achieve this way, it's worser than hell, I say

Get up and fight for your rights my brothers
Get up and fight for your rights my sisters

Took us away from civilization
Brought us to slave in this big plantation
Fussing and fighting, among ourselves
Nothing to achieve this way, it's worser than hell, I say
Abyssinians, Declaration of Rights (Bernard Collins), from the album Satta Massagana
Abyssinians, Declaration of Rights (29s)
© 1983 Poli-Rhythm

Mr. Bigman
When will this payday be?
When will this payday be?
For these retired slaves (Ya a listen me?)
My forefather worked down here
On this great plantation
True he didn't get no pay
For all their wasted days
Tell us now!
When will this payday be?
Mr. Slavedriver
Culture, Payday, from the album Payday
They took us away from our homeland
They took us away from our homeland
And we are slaving down here in Babylon
And we are slaving down here in Babylon
They are waiting on an opportunity
They are waiting on an opportunity
For the Black Starliner which is to come
Culture, Black Starliner, from the album Two Sevens Clash
Do you remember the days of slav'ry? (Do you remember the days of slav'ry?)
And they beat us (Do you remember the days of slav'ry?)
And they worked us so hard (Do you remember the days of slav'ry?)
And they used us (Do you remember the days of slav'ry?)
Till they refuse us (Do you remember the days of slav'ry?)
Do you remember the days of slav'ry? (Do you remember the days of slav'ry?)
Burning Spear, Slavery Days (Winston Rodney), from the album Marcus Garvey (1975)
Burning Spear, Slavery Days (29s)
© 1975 Island Records Ltd

Out of Africa they took us
And they sold us as slaves for money
Who they could not sell
Dem kill dem, kill dem, kill dem
Capital Letters, Out of Africa, from the album Headline News
They tricked us with trinkets and beads
And tricked us right into slavery
Traditional customs
Crafts and arts
They put away in the museums
Oh, people, don't you see the plot, Yeh
To take all we've got.
Got to save Black music
Fight to save sweet music now
God to save Black music now
Let the music flow, oh Lord
Steel Pulse, Save Black Music, from the album Babylone the Bandit
Every time I hear the music and I make a dip, a dip
Slave master comes around and spank I with his whip, the whip
But if I don't get my desire
Then I'll set the plantations in fire
My temperature is getting much higher
Got to get what I require
Gregory Isaacs, Slave Master, from the album The Essential Gregory Isaacs

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