Duane Francis-Poet /Jamaican Spoken Word Artiste

The writings and musings of Jamaican Spoken Word Artiste Duane Francis. His blog provides a look at his own poetry including poetry podcasts as well as he shares poetry of other great poets and spoken word artistes. One can also find interesting and exciting videos of great Jamaican Reggae Artistes.
February 4
Celebrating Black History Month and Reggae Month

February is Black History Month and here in Jamaica for the first time in history we are celebrating Reggae Month. There is no doubt that many a reggae artiste’s music has been influenced by national hero Marcus Garvey. Today I am giving you a double whammy . Here are two videos . The first is part one of a Marcus Garvey Documentary and the other is Burning Spear’s hit song “Marcus Garvey”

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey