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Ras Daniel Hartman - Rasta Artist

Ras Daniel Hartman is one of the most gifted Rastafarian artist and poet to come from that group in the 1960s. The repercussions of the Rastafarians' involvement in contemporary Jamaican creative expression have been profound. Ras Danial Hartman who played Pedro in the Jamaican cult movie "The Harder They come" in which he played a humble Rastaman and friend of the lead character Ivan (Jimmy Cliff). Unfortunately it is difficult to find information on this talented Jamaican Artist. In 1980 the National Gallery of Jamaica installed a new section dedicated to "intuitive" artists, that is,...

Sugar Minott Tribute

Sugar Minott, 54, a smooth-voiced singer and producer who helped popularize reggae music, died Saturday at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, said Maxine Stowe, his wife. She did not disclose the cause of death.

Two months ago, Minott had canceled performances in Canada after suffering chest pains.

Born Lincoln Barrington Minott in Kingston on May 25, 1956, he launched his musical career in the late 1960s as a member of the African Brothers reggae trio.

He started a successful solo career in the 1970s, gaining a...

Rastafarian Art

Ejay Khan Rastafarian Art Gallery

Many of the paintings in Ejay Khan's Rastafarian Art Gallery were created during the four years she lived in the country ghetto of Little Bay, Westmoreland, Jamaica, married to the Rastafarian farmer, Ras Prophet, who was the model for a number of them. Although she personally does not ally herself with any one religion, believing that all are relevant and necessary at this time for the spiritual evolution and salvation of mankind, she does have a particularly strong affinity and respect for many of the teachings and livity of Rastafarianism....

Kebra-Negast new pressings.. The lost faith of Rastafarian Wisdom

What did Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley and Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia have in common? A love for the Kebra Negast, holy book of Ethiopian Christians and Jamaican Rastafarians. Contemporary scholars date the Kebra Negast to the 14th century, but it retells the stories of much earlier Biblical times, one very important story in particular. According to the Kebra Negast, the Israelites' Ark of the Covenant was spirited away to the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia by wise King Solomon's own son, offspring of the union between Solomon and the exotic Queen Makeda of Ethiopia (a.k.a. the...

The Beat Magazine goes down

Last Month it was sadly announced that after 28 years The Beat Magazine, the internationally distributed publication covering reggae, African, Caribbean and world music, has closed down. A Web log has been opened so that people can say farewell to the magazine at ByeByeBeat.blogspot.com.

According to a post on that blog The Beat, then called Reggae Beat, started life as single 14" piece of paper, with one photo and four ads, before in the summer of 1983 it evolved into a full size magazine, with a color cover and from where it has progressively evolved to become one of the...

Koll Pekude by Benjamin Vaughn of Midnite

Vaughn Benjamin, Midnite's lead singer, has hundreds of poems and unrecorded songs that he has now chosen to begin to release in print form. This volume consists of 126 pages and more than 120 poems, ranging from song-length poems to 3 line masterpieces. Original line art by Midnite album cover artists like Marcus and Junior Daniel complement the written words beautifully. The rich imagery, depth of content, word mastery, rebel spirit and freedom of thought within these works are as powerful as his recorded songs.