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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): Disruption and Surveillance

The Politics of Reparations in Rastafari Livity and Reggae

DOI
https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.11
Submitted
December 19, 2024
Published
2025-01-10

Abstract

In this paper, I explore the role of the Caribbean creative imagination in advancing the Caribbean reparations movement. To support my hypothesis on the role of the arts in reparations, I examine the politics of reparations in reggae music by my exploration of the studio albums of the most influential reggae artist - Bob Marley. The four themes underlined are: emancipation, chant down Babylon (destruction of the neoliberal construction of the world), repatriation, and the promised land.