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Reggae history
"Don't haffy dread to be Rastaman." (Morgan Heritage)

Reggae is one of the best known and most popular Jamaican musical expressions. This musical style has become, thanks to its international success, an essential musical style carrying a culture of its own.

At the origin of Reggae:
Reggae appeared at the end of the 1960s. It is the fruit of numerous meetings and crossbreeding: evolution of Ska and Rocksteady, it finds its roots in traditional Caribbean music like Mento and Calypso, but is also very influenced by Rythm'n lues, Jazz and Soul music (American music was very popular in Jamaica at the time).

To these influences is added that of African music, the Rasta movement and Nyabinghi songs, which use the African Burrus (drums) brought by slaves to Jamaica. This crossbreeding will not stop there: Today many styles are inspire