MUSIC AGAINST OPPRESSION

1945-1981

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

● world ambassador → reggae● Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame● selling +20 million records● first artist from the “3rd world”● fight against oppression

RASTAFARI RELIGION

colonialism

slavery oppression

poverty

exile → enslavement

religious context: separation from roots

resistance and struggle → oppression

reggae music

- religious oppression

- misconceptions

- judgement

- ignorance

- racism

- inequality

Fear

Democracy

System

Government

InjusticeDisagreement

Protests

Commemorate

“DON’T FORGET, ALWAYS RESIST”