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hey guys. I have a question. I am not a reggae listener so I don't know much about reggae. But I heard a song by Hugh Mundell "Africa must be free by 1983". What is the song about. Why 1983? Is it a special year? I hope you can help me.

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oh that's all?

thank you

no that's not the only thing,
it comes from an interpretation of the Bible, but I can't remember from what verse or psalm.
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Marcus Garvey the great black leader gave a speach back in the early 1900 saying "AFRICA MUST BE FREE By 1983" I never read this speach yet or seen a copy of it, but i know Garvey had a ship call THE BLACK STAR LINER the ship was going to take some black people back to Africa those that wanted to go back.

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it was not a ship but a company and association with marcus garvey was the slogan "back to africa"and "africa must be free"and ironic he did this song at age of 16 and died in 83,also found this
Mundell would not live to see the end of black subjugation in South Africa; in the spirit of the album's title, read this brief skim of the History of Apartheid.http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~ca ... .hist.html
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THE BLACK STAR LINER
In 1919 UNIA set up a steamship company to buy ships and do business. It was called the Black Star Line – system of transport – and it was UNIA’s biggest business venture. It is one of the projects that Garvey is remembered for today. Garvey knew that powerful nations had ships. So building a shipping company was part of building a nation.

It was also part of UNIA’s self-reliance programme. The Black Star Line would provide employment and make money. It would let different communities trade with each other.

For example, its ships would take bananas, sugar and coconuts from the Caribbean, and cocoa from West Africa, to the USA. They would carry goods like machinery from the USA to the Caribbean and Africa. The ships would carry passengers, without racial discrimination. And they would transport people to countries in Africa for resettlement


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named balck star liner as a response the to white star liner which launched the Titanic for example.

I heard this free by 1983 has something to do with the ethiopan calendar.

Ethiopian calendar? That means H. Mundell would be singing about 1976? The Ethiopian Calendar is 7 years 'behind' on our calendar. That somehow doesn't seem to make sense.

There are a few songs where 1983 ( also 1993) seem to be the year of African liberation. My guess is that this year has been picked cuz it rhymes with....free!

Garvey never spoke of 1983 in whatever context.

anyways,the Mudell album is a KILLER...try to feel that. As much as I love reggae tunes as a source of mystical wisdom...try not to get caught up in it too much!

Dread Out!

I heard a lot songs about 1983 but I can't remember any Song about 1993.