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One relate to Bob Marley's lyrics of ‘War’ and ‘Exodus’: |
"Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is .abolished,
there will be war."
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Bob Marley’s musical
rendition of the legendary speech to the United Nations,
by H.I.M Emperor Haile Selassie I allows us to focus
on Africa’s contemporary challenges including
tribalism, gender discrimination and disenfranchisement
of youth.
Additionally, international issues that
are clear barriers to African growth and development
such as unfair trade agreements, inadequate debt
relief and in some instances, continued support for
non-democratic leaders, are all manifestations of
colonization and the vestiges of slavery and racialized
policies. As prophesied, the outcome is war.
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words of Exodus, on the other hand, provide hope
and direction for Africans at home and abroad, by
giving us a channel for engagement and advancement.
This prophetic song raises African consciousness
and responsibility, exhorting us to extinguish mental
slavery by igniting the fire of African self determination
with a promise of a mental, spiritual, and physical
return to our ancestral home. Exodus, is a “movement
of Jah people.” |
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