| Redemption Songs: How Bob Marley's Nova Scotia Song Lights the Way Past Racism Contributor(s): Tattrie, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897426879 ISBN-13: 9781897426876 Publisher: Pottersfield Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | Genres & Styles - Reggae |
| LCCN: 2016497451 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Geographic Orientation - Nova Scotia - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Redemption Songs tells the extraordinary story of how one of Bob Marley's greatest songs was born in Nova Scotia. It opens with Marley's live acoustic performance of Redemption Song at the end of his life, and reveals that the core lyric comes from a speech Marcus Garvey delivered in Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 1937. The line We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery springboards the reader into the book's ambitions. The author explores why Marley so revered Garvey, and, in doing so, looks at the roots of Rastafarianism and ideas about race. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tattrie, Jon: - Jon Tattrie lives in Halifax with his wife Giselle, son Xavier, and daughter Roslyn. He works as a freelance journalist and is the author of several books, including The Hermit of Africville, Cornwallis: the Violent Birth of Halifax, and the novel Limerence. |