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Lev i Ta fari

Lev i Ta fari. Dub poet. Bob Ma rley. Robert Nesta Marley (Jamaica, 1945 – USA, 1981) Reggae musician and member of Rastafarian movement. Africa Unite ( Survival 1979) reflects Marley's support for the struggles of Africans. Redemption Song (Uprising 1980)

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Lev i Ta fari

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  1. LeviTafari Dubpoet

  2. BobMarley • Robert Nesta Marley (Jamaica, 1945 – USA, 1981) Reggae musician and member of Rastafarian movement. • Africa Unite(Survival 1979) reflects Marley's support for the struggles of Africans. • Redemption Song (Uprising 1980) • “Emancipate yourselves from mental slaveryNone but ourselves can free our minds…” • Get up, Stand up: radical song, which would appeal to people in third world, black people. • Exodus : song about return to Zion

  3. I Shot the Sheriff No woman, No Cry Could you be loved Stir It Up Jammin’ One Love Three Little Birds BuffaloSoldier Iron Lion Zion… Other famous Bob Marley songs

  4. TheRastafarianmovement • Haile Selassi (1892-1975): last emperor of Ethiopia = Jah, their incarnation of God • They reject western society, called Babylon ("confusion"). • Zion = promised land (Africa) • Dreadlocks – related to lions, the animal on the flag • Can you write down some other beliefs from the video?

  5. Some Rastafarian Festivals • February 6 - Bob Marley’s birthday. • May 11 - The day that Bob Marley died. • July 23 - The birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie • August 17 - The birthday of Marcus Garvey • September 11 - Ethiopian New Year

  6. What is dub poetry? • Oral poetry for public performance, in the Jamaican (and black British) dialect • Started in Jamaica and England - early 1970s • Jamaican disc‐jockeys (‘toasters’) sang or recited their own words over the dub versions of reggae records (instrumental re‐mixed versions on the B‐sides) • Dub poetry includes celebration of music, protest against racism, and Rastafarian religious themes. • Some famous dub poets: Linton Kwesi Johnson , Benjamin Zephaniah, Michael Smith, Jean Binta Breeze

  7. Who is Levi Tafari? • Let’s visit his website • Eight hundred lives project • An interview with Levi

  8. Visit to a school • youtube clip

  9. His name: ‘Creator of Unity’ I’m a creator of unity My identity is a mysterybecause my story is not historyMy geneologyis of an African ancestry which has left a legacy for the whole of humanity I am crucial, rhythmic, poetic consciousness raiserAn Urban Griot overflowing with cultureBorn in Liverpool to parents from JamaicaYes I'm Levi Tafari a unity creator

  10. Benjamin Zephaniah Poems Touch Genetics The British youtube The British text The Brazilians – students’ poems based on The British

  11. Task: compare The British and Celebr8

  12. Comparison: The British and Celebr8

  13. Write your own poem! • Write a poemcalledeither ‘TheSpanish’ or ‘TheCatalans’ in thestyle of a recipe. • Historicinhabitants / invaders • Recentimmigrants • Traditions / characteristics of theSpanishorCatalans

  14. Recipe vocabulary • add • bake • blend (=mix smoothly) • blend in • boil • combine • cook • leave to cool • let …cool / heat up • melt (derritir) • mix • pour • remove • serve • set • sieve / strain (to remove ) - colar • simmer – cook slowly (xuf xuf!) • spread • sprinkle • steam – cocinar al vapor • stir – (‘remenar’) • take …(a blend of… • whisk – what you do with a ‘mini-pimer’

  15. Further Information: Roots West Indian immigration to Britain in the 1950s

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