Women’s emotions are celebrated when it comes to the spiritual battlefield – but these expressions aren’t welcomed in leadership.
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How did a musician whose songs were suffused with messages of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism become so commercialized?
The first Rastafarian communities emerged around 1931 in eastern Jamaica. Today, there are over 700,000 Rastafarian communities located on almost every continent.
While sunscreen has the potential to reduce skin cancer for light-skinned people, it has never been shown to do the same for Black people. Yet that distinction is lacking in public health messaging.
By looking back at my dad’s music collection I understand more clearly that the music I listened to as a child shaped my personality, destiny and view of the world.
The last original Wailer may have died, but the musician’s lasting influence on music is clear
After rioters outside the US Capitol sang Bob Marley’s ‘Three Little Birds’, here are more global instances when history has sounded a little out of tune.
While sunscreen has the potential to reduce skin cancer for light-skinned people, it has never been shown to do the same for Black people.
More than just a musical accolade, UNESCO has recognised the social and political importance of Jamaican music.
Music is an underutilised tool when it comes to steering curricula away from strictly Western and colonial models.
Reggae is the musical expression of Rastafari, a belief system of migrants to Jamaica. A popular song, ‘Rivers of Babylon,’ offers a window into their spirituality and longing for their homeland.
Reggae in South Africa has lost its visibility and prominence inside the country after apartheid. But local artists have built up extensive international links.
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Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (Division of Dermatology), The University of Texas at Austin
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Visiting Research Fellow, Birmingham School of Media, Birmingham City University
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Post-doctoral researcher, cultural studies, University of Eastern Finland
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Professor Emeritus of Recording Industry (Popular Music Studies & Music Business), Middle Tennessee State University
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Professor of Religious Studies, Lancaster University
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Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Education and Human Development, Temple University
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, School of Theology, Pan Africa Christian University
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University