вЂњWhen YouВ Smoke The Herb, It Reveals You To YourselfвЂќ вЂ“ Bob Marley The greatest impact the genre of reggae had on the political powers and anyone who was affected at the time was his music of вЂњRedemption Songs.вЂќ Interesting enough, through the peaceful movements of Reggae music and its philosophies from Rastafarianism, the Prime Minister at the time, Norman Manley, explained they were to be reported due to being вЂњwicked enemies to the country.вЂќ The lower classes of Trenchtown and Kingston were the ones fighting the political war, Reggae music helped unite them and bring understanding to them that they are not the ones who should be fighting, this understanding of peace began the spread of a universal lower class consciousness to salvation. Reggae music goes along with the Rastafarian movement to help awaken a new African consciousness inside the whole population of Jamaica through the help of Jah, the Rastafarian Lord God, Haile Selassie, who lies within everyone. Through reggae, musicians lyrically protest against hard times and political topics such as food shortages, housing, crime, and oppression. вЂњWonвЂ™t You Help To Sing These Songs Of Freedom?вЂќ вЂ“ Bob Marley At this time, not much was able to effect political powers as thatвЂ™s the truth that hold today, although this overcoming of darkness was challenged by Bob Marley and his music, Reggae. This drastic change in to the third world shocked the population and was deteriorating their hopes for a bright future and placed guns on their laps. With the combination of economic frustration and political warfare, Jamaica was on a slippery route. After JamaicaвЂ™s independence from Britain in 1962, Jamaica fell into a depression. The works of reggae became the word and expression for those who have been oppressed, singing about lessons of human rights and universal love. The musician took this time of war and found a driving force within him to teach his philosophy through his newly born genre, reggae, in hopes to unite the feuding factions.

This new upcoming religion was set globally with the help of one of its arguably most influencing members, Bob Marley.

Rastafarianism is the task of looking into oneself and asking, what am I? and who am I? The Rastafarian movement explained salvation through meditation, discussion, and the Bible, their drive for peace was the respect for the brotherhood of mankind. While there were rebels such as the Rude BoyвЂ™s, who actively fought back with violence, there were peaceful rebels as well such as those in the Rastafarian movement. Rebels began to come out and fight, challenging political leadership. Kingston, Jamaica was a war zone in a slum of shacks and human waste.

Although, conquering it with war was the chosen route for the race. In order for anyone of the parties to win, they must win over JamaicaвЂ™s largest cityвЂ™s capital, Kingston.

In the 1970s Jamaica was in a political civil war between the opposing parties, Jamaican Labor Party and the PeopleвЂ™s National Party. Reggae music started as a movement, a way Bob sought to unite the people during hard political times of civil war in his country, with the power of music and his Rastafarian philosophy. In order to understand the philosophy behind reggae music you must follow along the times of JamaicaвЂ™s post-independence civil war. The father of Reggae music, Bob Marley, converted the fast pace up strumming beat from ska to create a genre in which Jamaican people can connect with through a mixture of Jamaican indigenous musical form. The genre, Reggae, originated in Jamaica and took forms from U.S.

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