Reggae: A German perspective
While it is important for us as a people to write our own history and tell of our experiences from our perspectives, we often make unflattering comments of outsiders who promote and highlight our music, unnecessarily and unfairly. The lack of acknowledgement of foreigners’ contribution to the development of our musical culture, is narrow-minded and simplistic. The ‘internationalisation’ of reggae music didn’t happen in a vacuum.
Converts across borders, embracing its message of one love, the end of oppression and racial discrimination, conveyed by our musical ambassadors, also played their part.