Reggae legend and widow of legendary Bob Marley, Rita Marley has been conferred with Ghanaian citizenship by President Akufo Addo. Mrs. Marley, who has a home and other property in Ghana and has been living there partially, was among 126 Africans in the Diaspora who were given the recognition at a ceremony held at the […]
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has added reggae music to its list of cultural institutions worthy of protection and preservation. The genre is now part of a list of over 300 cultural traditions, including Dominican merengue, Slovakian bagpipe music and Vietnamese xoan singing. Jamaica submitted Reggae to UNESCO for consideration this year as part
A monument to Robert Nesta Marley has been approved by the Marley family and will be erected in Zimbabwe, the only African nation he performed during his brief lifetime. Reportedly permission was granted by the Marley estate to erect a statue in honor of the singer, musician and cultural icon acclaimed to be the
In an article written by James Annan and I quote: “Initially, I was reluctant to write this article because of the reaction of some disgruntled Rastafarians, following my publication on Haile Selassie I titled, ‘The myth about Jah Rastafari’. However, I was encouraged by the overwhelming feedback from some readers who flooded my e-mail with
The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) wishes to inform the music fraternity and all who contested in the Ghana audition for the Bob Marley Sing Alike Contest dubbed African Roots Revelation (A2R) and are looking forward to the grand finale which was scheduled to take place in Accra in August that the event has been
