Soaring temperatures on The Pyramid Stage prove to be the perfect setting for Jamaican legend. Read MOJO's review and the ...

The 50th anniversary of Burning Spear’s Marcus Garvey was the closing item. If people are wondering why my Jamaican Chinese husband was singing along with feeling, ...

One of the great statement albums in pop music, Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear turns 50 this year. To mark its golden anniversary, organisers of the Calabash Literary Festival in Treasure Beach ...

Burning Spear’s 10-track Marcus Garvey, which was produced by Lawrence Lindo, is described as the most political reggae album released in America at the time.

6. Marcus Garvey – Burning Spear (1975) Winston Rodney, aka Burning Spear, created a landmark album of roots reggae with “Marcus Garvey.” Its Afrocentric themes and hypnotic rhythms made it a ...

Ziggy Marley and Burning Spear will perform at the Astro Theater on Oct. 10. Tickets to see the "True to Myself" and "Marcus Garvey" singers will go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. Pre-sale will ...

But Garvey and Ashwood kept in touch through letters and Amy eventually joined Marcus in New York in 1918. She worked by his side at UNIA and even saved him from an assassination attempt in ...

The spirit of Marcus Garvey was alive and well the evening of Feb. 3 as Baltimore hosted its inaugural Marcus Garvey Symposium at Trinity Baptist Church. The event, which began at 6 p.m., brought ...

Garvey’s accomplishments were largely forgotten by history until the reggae band Burning Spear revived his vision in songs. Eventually, Jamaica recovered his body for a state burial and ...

The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and members of Congress, some of whom died before they could see their ...

Now, 102 years later, the United States has deemed it fit to right their wrong. On Joe Biden’s last day of presidency, he granted clemency to Marcus Garvey Sr. as part of a spate of dozens of ...

Marcus Garvey’s Pardon Is Part of Undoing “Harms of the Past,” Honoring Black History: Justin Hansford. Story January 24, 2025. Watch Full Show. Watch Full Show Next Story. Listen.