Entries tagged with "Many Rivers To Cross"

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JIMMY CLIFF CALLS FOR SLAVERY REPARATIONS!

March 13th, 2014 | Add a Comment

A Ghana flag is waved as fans watch Jimmy Cliff perform at Coachella, 2012 (Reuters) Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has backed calls for European nations to pay reparations to Caribbean countries targeted by the slave trade. The issue hit headlines this week when the leaders of 15 Caribbean states issued a demand for official apologies and compensation from countries including Britain and France for their part in the barbaric practice. Cliff, who hails from Jamaica, has now waded … Read entire article »

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RAS JAJA PUTS NEW SPIN ON JIMMY CLIFF’S “MANY RIVERS TO CROSS!”

February 20th, 2014 | Add a Comment

By Howard Campbell— Ras Jaja—- DUB poet Ras JaJa was recovering from a broken relationship in 1996 when he heard one of pop music’s most enduring ballads on the radio. The song was Jimmy Cliff’s Many Rivers to Cross, and he was certain its sombre tones spoke directly to him. “When mi listen it, is like the same vibes me’d a go through Jimmy Cliff a sing ’bout. It was like me him a talk to,” Ras JaJa recalled. It … Read entire article »

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