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Mutabaruka | The Rastafari Barefoot African Teacher

Mutabaruka is an instrumental figurehead to African people at large, as he defies the odds at all cost and wants nothing to do with the status quo that was set in place by the oppressors. In Jamaica, Muta has one of the longest running programs on Radio, The Cutting Edge, which he uses as a propaganda machine for Rastafari. The ordinary individual caught in the schematics of the systems would hear the term “University” and think of a physical location that offers formal education on a tertiary level, but to the majority of black revolutionaries the Cutting Edge is seen as a university that goes way beyond formal education. Currently Muta is working on a new media outlet called the ‘Ra.ss Internet’, which is defined as the multiplication of the sun, and is one that will connect Africans all over the world.

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Genius of Super Cat | Andy Bassford | B.H.N.T.D Ep. 8

On the 8th episode of The-Bald-Head-N-The-Dread Podcast, we sat with the iconic guitarist Andy Bassford, to not only discuss Supercat’s prestigious career but moreover his intelligence and genius. Supercat is easily misjudged and oftentimes not what many expect him to be. His “rudebwoy” image is usually the focal point of many conversations, which at times take away from his incessant contributions to the music, both the artform of modern Dancehall as well as the international appeal of Reggae.

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REGGAE’S BLUES | Jamaica’s Abandonment of Its Indigenous Art Form

Do you know the current top ten selling reggae records in the U.S.? Well, just as I requested earlier, take a few moments and go online to find out what they are. Sure, there are reggae legends like Steel Pulse and Marcia Griffiths who are still going strong, and there are newer artists like Koffee who are making their mark. But, again, much like the blues chart, something else is going on. You have a number of musicians listed on the chart who are not from Trench Town (the birthplace of reggae music), not from Jamaica, not from the West Indies—they’re not even Black—and yet they are slowly becoming the face(s) of reggae music.