in 16 years on. crime fighters are back with the africa's most successful radio drama series continues in the only car available on the. course you can share and discuss on w africa's facebook and other social media platforms crime fighters. welcome to the 7 to 7 s. and the platform for you and young africans here we get to hang out and talk about things important to us i am michael duty on today's show will share some roots reggae with you will you feel when i read. here's what's coming up on today's show. find out the truth about reiki and meet an

inspiring gandhian we get up to. get ready when i bring ali and rush on uganda mt elgon. takes us on a tall true yes from 60. we start off today sure in gaza my home country strong. i want to it's most prominent. black rust up for more than a decade they artist and radio presenter often spread in political consciousness through reggae music let's find out more. about congressman taking a black cross that is laying down tracks with his band at the studio and across. more than 8 albums to his name like rust as one of. the mainstays of gun has

already seen. reggae is a platform to speak about issues affecting his society. it's easier for me to put my message in reggae than any other genre so i chose reggae music because really good music already a. track record of militancy that's why reggae music is where it's sold and power where its owner is the message carried on the sound and then it gives. you the premise that god is on this list lackluster songs tackle history politics and religion from going to his most popular song celebrates climbing criminal a con man revolutionary and the country's 1st president of food i'm sorry we're talking about kids who walk in the belly of the beast to your shoes or drop black crust aside legendary recognitions like bob marley alpha blondie and lucky to be as

his main influences but he's also caught his own musical meech he often blends jamaican reggae with local african languages and sounds. a lot of african people want to do reggae music but they have the iran nuts idea the wrong idea of the fact that if you cannot speak jamaican patois but you cannot do reggae music jamaican people wish they could speak some african languages are far beyond the what do to market a reggae music with african languages. black crossed as part of the rest of foreign community a religious movement striving for unity amongst africans and african diaspora. leaders of ghana 1st to foreign movements a wreck in music house arrest a foreign connect to the spiritual side. the music is like the narrative. in the bible and i don't order books so this is what you fight

with in we're going to use it on the school child side of it which i and i as a bris unprompted. but rest of foreigns aren't the only ones who love reggae music around here. rick of music this is bliss not to tell you. this is what i discuss i would like to go telling you the part is listening to ricky. tell it even if you want to learn about the bible. the lyrics of the songs that does what inspired him sometimes when i'm depressed i used to listen to a good music then i'll be ok in the afternoon black arrest i head to the radio studio to host his primetime reggae show. he believes its popularity just goes to show how important reggae is to many people in ghana and you're right it's not because it is just reagan but it is because the message that rig a star for is whether people are listening to

a reggae is the only kind of genre that are stored frame and be find its message a message of unity and peace. and other lovers of reggae in ghana the beach will continue to sound from generation to generation. you need see love and peace hardly anyone preached that message more than. he's not just an idol for black rock star but the icon of reggae music around the world so why did his lyrics inspire so many people how it's rigged linked to african decolonization and need docs sites to regain my colleague sure tells you the whole truth everyone in africa knows who this guy is to make the most famous export reggae super marley long after his death bob marley and

reggae music remain widely popular low believe but particularly across the african continent so what made africa fall in love with. real. question to me is the most full consent music on the planet to me it's uncompromising black politically black culturally racially spiritually. when i was growing up in tanzania my parents had this book molly said we used to listen to for hours in the car i still know the lyrics to some of the songs by heart and. soul. but back then i didn't know that i was listening to

a legend today reggae still has millions of fans across africa. i know my listings are read every day he goes there to talk to me. first place i don't know how. nobody taught me not to get the money and fight over. bob marley when you come to africa you talk about lucky debate that made me curious about why we africans still love reggae so much and why many fans identify with this type of music before we move on here's a brief history of reggae. music john wright was born in the 1960 s. and the caribbean island of jamaica in the early seventy's it was popularized

across the globe by artists like bob marley bitter tarshish bunny wailer johnny nash and burning spear reggae became so popular in africa that it even made a huge political impact in $1000.00 a.d. for example while marley performed at the celebration for zimbabwe's independence. had the kinds of messages that were relevant to the time they were relevant. in a very universal and global way the issues of struggle the issues all defeating oppression the situation in zimbabwe. and the the war the ongoing civil conflicts there that he did on his $979.00 album survival which i do believe is molly's best album the sound of reggae seems to be one secrets to why it's so loved in africa they can slam hi i'm

a special connection between africa and reggae in jamaica has a history of slavery. reckon music is like was made popular line up by the jamaican. africans who lived in germany because. it's like they found all of africa. and they started to improvise you know like use what you know it's in their chains like that and create this sound it called. so when we. listen for it is like nor quite they know the song and you know it's all they can it's quoting that comes with the sound and the mail already and many influential to make an reggae stars iressa fire eyes rest the foreign ism is a religion and a movement that originated in ethiopia and fact many jamaican rest revere in the

format if you open emperor haile selassie and consider him a prophet or a deity of russia. his majesty is jesus he is that christ. the redeemer. deep so it's more than just him being the emperor because they will link everything biblically right to that line of state. now what i've often noticed in my home country tanzania is that people don't seem to have a problem with reggae but they do have a problem with what some call the rasta lifestyle the dreadlocks the songs that praise marijuana arrest as are often met with prejudices across african societies thereafter catches him in blessed by high school university kids and on and through the smoking of weed not for the for not for its activism not for.

its approach. of peace and unity but mostly for smoking weed in western countries the criticism of dancehall in particular has sometimes been that some of the lyrics are calling for discrimination and violence against members of the l g b t community this homophobia is often believed to stem from the artist's deep religious belief that homo sexual relationships are a sin there is a campaign named murder music that calls for reggae and dancehall artists to abstain from using hateful language and from calling for violence against gays and lesbians while many african fans have conservative views on homosexuality homophobic lyrics are not the reason why they would choose to listen to reggae reggae may have evolved a lot since the 1960 s. and right now many young african fans prefer listening to dancehall because it's

more upbeat but the message remains the same one like. many young people into types of music many reggae be it. lucky to be. actually older or hard. even passed on so is rigor still relevant to 10 ration we asked around in lagos nigeria. to me as i live i like pretty good music most people that are saying going to new zealand. so i like them i don't regret music but not some like because some my hair's on some on old reagan music. on a low grade music right i don't know why people didn't really like to listen to

meet people are largely these dudes will give you good or bad but you know what that's really really is just the help you call on our food music to refuse goods if you really like before. there were guests evolved into dancehall and rigatoni but a core message to emancipate self or mental slavery remains the same that is also the aim of south africa and songwriter missed. she grew up in a society that is still equal and that is something she wants to change the songs question how south african history is taught in school and she hopes that one day all south africa will be treated equally. ok good day good morning sun benignly in chinese hello moon so my name is miss ted long will. young people who stand up and says you know is it looks. like you might have something what the

brain. is for you know how to completely get to me because in my heart it's the whole of africa it's this whole continent i just it's something. if you look at my completion you won't see it. i look like i could be from anywhere in the world and i just feel like my my black and this is. they have a deeper struggle going on and if i can lose my light privilege i'm going to use it . 25 years after the past 8 afi like it's still not equal it's a blur the sting from it still living in the legacy of it and it's our duty to change this and shake things up to me like yo. you see the emulation. like how free are we.

in our history books about a good story to us in a neutral point of view which is 100 percent false because it wasn't we didn't want to be raped and pillaged by the colonisers would want nobody when say my experience at school was i got my lessons in english and afrikaans what about you what about this is what about p.d. what about ronnie what about all these other languages people speak these languages this is like the alive and wise i'm going to opportunity to be true to our kids and future generations and the leaders of the modern. the d. colonization of the cliquey learning is something that must be done it's an option it's going to have to be done and i feel the younger generations there even more firepower because they can see the bill is being lifted when you see a statue with

a monument it's a symbol they carry weight they carry power they carry illegitimate a limb so elite take that down it's almost like we take a powder was in 21st the my africa is self sustainable in 350 my ethic is a continent of abundance interesting. and now would you jump off a cliff a vast waterfall just tied to a thin rope that's what a person be about next has done uncountable times on the slopes of mount elgon between uganda and kenya so your corps has set up a travel company. no it's not for foreign tourists but ange young ugandan travelers

during the pandemic international tourism has declined but locals are still visits and attractions so come along with me and bring a lot of courage we are going to jump off the edge of mt elgon and east in uganda is an untouched piece of nature the old volcano is 4300 meters high in its slopes are new hot spots for africa's young generation of travellers if you. do the. job there we do not suddenly drive the clothes i was done it was a brother because it's all the way. these young folk love the adrenaline rush they want to enjoy nature the thing which we enjoy it that way.

i can recall thank you for my point 3002 with a kid over you can fly right. thanks to the recent domestic tourism campaigns more young ugandans seeking out adventure tourism and job so i echo has spotted a business opportunity and it involves a beautiful taking charge that is why we always say that you know do what you think always do what we tell you to do. the 26 year old has started a travel company offering young travelers adventures on the mountain. was. the margin all good. these guys need to trust job 100 percent. it's a life changing experience. yes it can help to build momentum in

them it can help to build strengths. because this is like conquering one of the fears that you have in your life doing this is that cute being more brave. tourism in uganda is heavily dependent on foreign travelers most of them come to see animals like the big caps and those very adorable mountain gorillas but john is now investing in inventions designed for the young and curious travelers from uganda itself he knows it's not an easy task. when a young person is joining something there is always that high expectations i 100 clients i need this that cannot happen in a silver plate you need to walk up or need you need to be very consistent tourism needs patience it needs creativity it's in it's motivation it's always need your mind to think everyone hour you all to spend thinking of the new word that comes in

so that you can convince someone to come and enjoy your side. job says before mother could get 900 pandemic the number of tourists have significantly increased from a monthly average of 20 at the start of 2014 to about food times as many by february 2020. right now whose groups may be small but as the vaccine roll out gets underway job is optimistic that more travelers will soon come to see the scenic mountains types again. to do absolutely what afore i did it in ghana was and i must confess that i'm a start i was a bit never was but it was absolutely worth it if you have never tried abyssinian i think you should. take you to guinea bissau ever been there and know this is not the republic of knox that difference it's just one of 2 portuguese

speaking countries in west africa. who better to show us around than the local fortunately i know a guy let's me to rob us one was sure his home the capital city beside. my name is jose. from guinea-bissau from here you have a magnificent view of the city so come with me i'll show you my city welcome. rather shows is a no nos b. cell better than most. it's a capital of guinea-bissau one of the smallest nations of west africa. half a 1000000 people live in the south it's located on a river estuary off the atlantic ocean. the city has a lot of charm and it is full of colors. but i'm going one year and what we're seeing here is the creation of moros the one over there is about liberation

movement in our country and i'm english ramos who was a very important independence fighter for going to be so good in the. country used to be a portuguese colony and gained its independence in 1973 as one takes us to the city stadium which bears the name of independence day the 24th of september the stands are now empty but as one remembers the pre-clear on a parties. this is the stadium the 24th of september this place such a tremendous effect on my career in december 28th and i had my 1st concert in the stadium and it was part it was the most exciting moment of make. 45000 people party to the sound of his beats. as one takes us for a spin around town in his fancy hummer. the 32 year old grew up in a tiny village on the border to guinea conakry. whenever he misses home and these

little piece he comes to the city is harder. i mean it in. a minute. i mean when i 1st arrived in business i hated the pollution traffic and so i would come here to relax and remind myself we're going to be so it's such a magnificent and unique place. you know you know. through the south it's not complete without a visit to as once favorite neighborhood. does shoot down police. this is the neighborhood where. i feel like i'm with my family i can walk around and feel safe on the. other thing this. battle goes to there's also some jazz ones favorite bar especially grill skewers speciality.

in the. out here every evenin. this is my friend my brother mr tito he's also. this is n.b.a. this is my buddy got and this is my buddy if you come to be so i'll take you to hang out with us to eat and drink ok. maybe i. i was. in the south. paris so much to see in africa and i hope you're going to put on your travel list after the pandemic i have hard time on today's show and thank you for staying till the end let's go and you know to stay in touch send us an email to 77 at dot com all connect with us on facebook or twitter as we wrap up here is my guy ask one

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