![]() In 1978, Sonny Okosun's "Fire in Soweto" became one of the first hits by an African singer with unmistakable reggae elements. The likes of Jamaican singers Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley helped push their music and it was widely accepted far away from home. Throughout the 1970s, reggae became popular in the United States, Africa, and Great Britain.Īll this time, legendary African artists kept a close watch on what Jamaica and Europe were producing. The content of this music was wide-ranging and spoke about religion and the plight of being an average Jamaican. Early on, its international music international appeal helped disseminate the Rastafarian message across the world about Rastafari. ![]() Back In the day, these Jamaican songs spoke of hardships that people went through.Īfrocentric Rastafari, a religion founded in Jamaica in the 1930s, had a strong influence on reggae's musical style. The chunking sound of the guitar’s strumming in this rhythm ultimately defined this sound. As a result of this new instrumental music, dub, the drum and bass formed the sound’s cornerstone. It used a hard four-beat rhythm driven by bass and electric guitar, drums, and the scraper. It cites that reggae is premised on ska, an ancient Jamaican music style. The Dictionary of Jamaican English (1980) expounds on the history of this sound. ‘Do the Reggay’ by Toots and the Maytals was the first song to utilise the word "reggae," thereby identifying its musical grouping and bringing it to a global audience. It is here that this genre emerged in the late 1960s and went on to conquer the world. Jamaica, a beautiful Caribbean country is synonymous with reggae music.
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