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'Politics songs' and Michael Manley's message
GARFIELD HIGGINS
Sunday, June 01, 2014 3 Comments
MANLEY… popular songs were written in his praise
MUSIC and dance have been part of the natural make-up of human beings since time immemorial. Politics and politicians the world over have always taken cognisance of this reality, and Jamaica is no exception.
'Politics songs', or songs with overtly political content in support of a particular cause, party or person, have been used as an integral part of local campaigning stretching back to Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in the 1920s, and some argue, even before.
These songs tap into the 'magico-religious political culture' of the local landscape. Some of the songs in the '70s and '80s reflected the ideological underpinnings of dominant thought at different times, while others hit against said domination. It is commonly agreed that the decade of the 1970s was the most prolific period of 'politics songs'.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...sage-_16766505
GARFIELD HIGGINS
Sunday, June 01, 2014 3 Comments
MANLEY… popular songs were written in his praise
MUSIC and dance have been part of the natural make-up of human beings since time immemorial. Politics and politicians the world over have always taken cognisance of this reality, and Jamaica is no exception.
'Politics songs', or songs with overtly political content in support of a particular cause, party or person, have been used as an integral part of local campaigning stretching back to Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in the 1920s, and some argue, even before.
These songs tap into the 'magico-religious political culture' of the local landscape. Some of the songs in the '70s and '80s reflected the ideological underpinnings of dominant thought at different times, while others hit against said domination. It is commonly agreed that the decade of the 1970s was the most prolific period of 'politics songs'.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...sage-_16766505