Episode 11 - Bob Marley, recollections and legacy

07/15/12 • 15 min

He is the most influential musician of the 20th century, He sang about oppression, justice and love. His music and legacy has touched people from all over the globe.

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He is the most influential musician of the 20th century, He sang about oppression, justice and love. His music and legacy has touched people from all over the globe.

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Episode 10 - Bob Marley part 1

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. The compilation album Legend (1984), released three years after his death, is reggae's best-selling album, going ten times Platinum which is also known as one Diamond in the U.S., and selling 25 million copies worldwide. Ishmael Beah (born on November 23, 1980) is a former Sierra Leonean child soldier and the author of the published memoir, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.

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Episode 12 - Reggae in Japan and Mighty Crown

In the 70's Reggae hit Japan. The land of the rising sun took it to its heart and 20 years later a Japanese sound system was crowned the best in the world!

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