Résistance et solidarité panafricaines dans la musique jamaïcaine postindépendance
This article examines how the Jamaican artist uses music to advance pan-African resistance and solidarity agenda. It argues that through commitment art, the artist evokes literary motifs of anti-colonialism, identity and pan-African solidarity in the context of Africa’s independence and post-indepen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2024-08-01
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| Series: | Caliban: French Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/12646 |
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| Summary: | This article examines how the Jamaican artist uses music to advance pan-African resistance and solidarity agenda. It argues that through commitment art, the artist evokes literary motifs of anti-colonialism, identity and pan-African solidarity in the context of Africa’s independence and post-independence struggles. This form of resistance and propagation of pan-Africanism emerges from the artist’s political consciousness in a (post)colonial environment. The sample of music analyzed in the article includes purposively selected Jamaican songs, spanning the period 1962-2021, from artists such as Bob Marley, Culture, Cocoa Tea, Busy Signal and Mr. Vegas among others. However, the discussion is also informed by existing studies on Jamaican music and the politics of resistance. The article is framed within the postcolonial theory in its interpretation of the selected Jamaican music. |
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| ISSN: | 2425-6250 2431-1766 |