I went to Xima - pronounced Sheema - on Saturday evening with some friends after dinner. They thought I would I would enjoy the live music and intimate atmosphere.
I was shocked when the band came onto the make-shift stage and started playing the mellow tunes of the legend Bob Marley. From reading my blogs, you will probably realize I refer to Bob with reverence. The singer varied his singing between the English and Portugese language. His attire was rastapharian militant style accentuated with a colonel hat. But the dress was merely a costume because he was a warm and jovial performer. He had the entire crowd dancing and singing along.
It does not surprise me that Mozambicans know or even love reggae music. What with the heavy bass line and comforting lyrics, they can identify with the passionate peace offering Bob sings about. Wherever my travel brings me I always make a point of checking with locals whether they have been exposed to reggae music, and if not, I am armed with a laptop and many websites to refer them.
2 comments:
First your in the mother land, thats where came from, just like soca, most soca beats are taken from African music. I learned this when I went and saw this African Drum play that was in Toronto, I forget the name of it but it was a really good play, and it was big.
Second why you blasted Jamaicans always have to make everyone else be like you, your in their country and still your pushing a Willy bounce on them lol.
You're right...the reggae does come from the African music. But it was developed IN JAMAICA!!!
Ha ha ha...We were doing more of a "skank" than a "Willy bounce"
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