B is for Babylon (western decadent society)
C is for Culture
D is for Dreadlocks (long matted plaits of hair)
E is for Exodus (classic chart toping single and LP. Island 1977)
F is for Forever Loving Jah (Stirring track off Uprising LP. Island 1980)
G is for Ganja (marijuana ritually smoked by Rastafarians)
H is for Hope Road (Jamaica residence where Bob Marley was shot in December 1976)
I is for the I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt; Bob Marley back up band)
J is for Jamaica
K is for Kingston (capital of Jamaica.Trenchtown ghetto where Marley lived)
L is for Legend (multi-platinum posthumous Bob Marley LP)
M is for the Maytals (Deeply religious reggae band. Lead singer Toots Hibbert)
N is for No Woman, No Cry (Marley classic. Originally on Natty Dread LP. Island 1974)
O is for Omeriah Malcolm (Bob Marley’s maternal grandfather)
P is for PNP (Peoples National party, political rivals of Jamaica Labour Party)
Q is for the Queen of Sheba (Ethiopian royal who had son fathered by Solomon)
R is the Rastafari (Title of Selassie. Religion viewing Marcus Garvey as a prophet)
S is Selassie, Haille (Emperor of Ethiopia revered as God by Rastafarians)
T is for Tosh, Peter (Reggae star. Former member of the Wailers)
U is for Uprising (Classic Bob Marley and the Wailers LP. Island 1980)
V is for Version (Different edition of a reggae song)
W is for the Wailers (Bob Marley’s Reggae band)
X is for X, Malcolm (Black Nationalist leader also heavily influenced by Marcus Garvey)
Y is for Yahweh (God. Jah. Jehovah)
Z is for Zimbabwe (African independent state. Political song by Bob Marley and the Wailers)
By Raymond Enisuoh
Rasta For Africa
See:http://www.myspace.com/rastaforafrica
Bob Marley
See:http://www.myspace.com/bobmarley
Peter Tosh
See:http://www.myspace.com/petertoshspace
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