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12/01/2024

Let's meet on Reggae Cuisine Programme this coming Saturday 13th January 2024 on M**sRadio 92.9 FM. Time 10:00 an until 12:00 I will happily play Reggae tunes of your choice.

01/11/2023

15/10/2023

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🕊️ Heartbroken to share the news of a Jamaican musical legend's passing. 🎶 Today, October 12, 2023, we bid farewell to the incredible Michael 'Ibo' Cooper. 🇯🇲💔

🎹 Ibo was a true maestro on the keys, and his boundless energy lit up the stage. 🌟 Whether with Grammy-nominated Third World or the iconic Inner Circle, he graced us with his talent and passion.

🙏 Let's remember his music, his spirit, and the joy he brought to countless hearts. Rest in power, Ibo. Your legacy lives on forever. 🙌🌟

10/10/2023

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05/10/2023

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05/10/2023

Tune into M**s Radio 92.9 fm this coming Saturday i.e 07/10/2023. Time 10:00-12:00 ACT. We will be playing lots of Reggae music on your most informative and entertaining radio station.

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28/09/2023

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11/08/2023

Let us meet on the airwaves one more time between 10:00 am and 12h00 CAT time. Date 12th August 2023 on Mam's Radio 92.9 FM. We will be punching the airwaves with some hot reggae tunes

24/05/2023

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10/05/2023

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03/02/2023

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Reggae music has become a part of the African culture that it becomes difficult to tell if it was really of Jamaican origin or African origin. Well, the preference is not far-fetched from its inspiring, mind-opening, and revolutionary lyrics that teach, not only virtues but also essence.

Reggae music, just like other musical genres, has undergone tremendous growth since it arrived in Africa.

Reggae first penetrated South Africa in the 1970s. As early as 1977, Kori Moraba released the album Sotho Reggae on the RPM label. Another early reggae release was by the Dread Warriors, who put out their self-titled album on Gallo in 1983. In the band were the Khoza brothers Gary and Punka Khoza, who had previously played in the multiracial punk band National Wake. The white band Kariba also put out cover albums of popular international reggae hits in the early 1980s. Steve Kekana recorded the reggae song ‘Sound of Africa’ as early as 1981 and wrote ‘Reggae Music’ for the abovementioned Dread Warriors’ album.

These and other early reggae artists were influenced by the Jamaican originators of the genre, some of whom they had been able to see perform live in the early 1980s. Jimmy Cliff was the first Jamaican reggae star to visit South Africa, performing to a multiracial audience at Orlando Stadium in Soweto in May 1980. Bob Marley performed that year at Zimbabwe’s independence celebrations, while Peter Tosh performed in neighbouring Swaziland in December 1983. These performances helped inspire musicians and turned local listeners on to reggae (Djedje, 2012:interview; Siluma, 2010:interview).

Even though it was a ‘foreign’ genre, South Africans quickly adopted reggae as their own. By the late 1980s, artists such as Carlos Djedje, Colbert ‘Harley’ Mukwevho, Lucky Dube, Jambo and the band O’Yaba had become reggae stars. There were also numerous other known reggae artists, such as Izakka, Pongolo, The Slaves, Prince & The Buffaloes, The Rasta Kids, Angola & The Groaners and Joe Silo, while many other bubblegum (disco) and mbaqanga artists recorded reggae songs. Reggae became an entrenched part of local pop music, with artists of other genres at least referring to reggae in their lyrics, for example mbaqanga stars Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens’ hit ‘I’m in Love with a Rastaman’ (1990) and Benjamin Ball’s bubblegum hit ‘Flash a Flashlight’ (1984).

By the late 1980s, South Africa had become one of the countries outside Jamaica where reggae was most alive (Martin, 1992:202).
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12/01/2023

JANUARY 11
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEGENDARY JAMAICAN SINGER / SONGWRITER / PERFORMER : SHELDON CAMPBELL AKA
TURBULENCE !!

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12/01/2023

Luciano is without a doubt one of the best reggae singers and it was an honor for all the reggae fraternity to learn of his recent addition on Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of 200 greatest singers of all time.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by…

09/10/2022

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15/09/2022

Our deepest condolences to the family friends and fans of the late Bushy Williams a South African reggae artist.

02/09/2022

It is with deepest regret and profound loss that we have to announce the passing of our brother Angus ‘Drummie’ Gaye. Drummie was the lead vocalist for the iconic band Aswad and is much loved and respected by both family, friends and peers alike
More information will be given at a later time but on behalf of his family and Aswad - we ask that their privacy is respected at this heart-breaking time. Drummie has left us to join our ancestors and leaves a huge void both personally and professionally.

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01/08/2022

A Jamaican legislator is asking the country's parliament to name reggae legend Bob Marley a national hero, an effort that comes amid rising nationalism in English-speaking Caribbean countries that are distancing themselves from their colonial past.

The proposal by lawmaker Lisa Hanna would make the iconic singer a national hero, a title already held by seven Jamaicans including Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey and the nation's first prime minister Alexander Bustamante.

It comes months after Barbados bestowed a similar honor on pop singer Rihanna during a November ceremony in which the island severed its ties to the British monarchy and created a republic - a process Jamaica is also considering.

" Bob Marley deserves that recognition because he lived a very short life that transformed the thinking of people around the world," Hanna told Reuters in an interview at her Kingston office.

It is not immediately evident when parliament will vote on the measure. Hanna hopes it will be approved in time for the 60th anniversary of the country's independence on Aug 6.

Marley was born in 1945 in the rural parish of St. Ann to a white English father and a Black Jamaican mother.

When he was 12, he moved to Trench Town in Kingston, where he and musicians Bunny wailer king of reggae and Peter Tosh developed what would become a globally recognized reggae sound. Marley died in 1981 of melanoma, a form of skin cancer.

His rise to fame helped create a positive image for Jamaica, which at the time was beset by deep political division that played out in violent street confrontations and shootouts between gangs of opposing ideologies.

"It was the possibility that Jamaica could actually have a superstar in the middle of the poverty and the violence," said Matthew Smith, a Jamaican historian at the University College of London.

Marcia Griffiths Fanpage, who sang for years with Marley, including on classic tracks such as "No Woman, No Cry," also supports Hanna's proposal.

"Bob is a legend and an icon who has done so much for the entire world," she said in an interview.

"The power and the force of music can change the world, and that is why God gave us a man like Bob."

(Reporting by Kate Chappell News in Kingston, writing by Brian Ellsworth in Miami; Editing by Bernadette Baum ).

source: REUTERS/MSN.COM

16/07/2022

I have an appointment with you today until 12h00(CAT) on M**sRadio 92.9.We be blasting Reggae Music on the airwaves and streaming on our digital platform.

07/07/2022

The Reggae Cuisine Show on M**s Radio 92.9 is back once again on the 10:00 to 12:00(CAT)slot every Saturday for the rest of the month July 2022. We will keep you updated should we have any changes. Sorry for any incovinience suffered due to the previous announcement

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