Bobo Dread Deejays

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The Bobo Ashanti is Rasta for the twenty-first century: more militant and less tolerant. With their ideological attacks on Rome, social demotion of women and condemnation of homosexuality, deejays like Capleton and Anthony B may seem world’s apart from the hippy-ish notions of dreadlocks that was Bob Marley’s legacy. There’s actually not much difference. Unlike roots reggae, which had a discernible musical style, Bobo music is defined purely by its content. ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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