Reggae Fifties

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Important Reggae date's

1494 - Columbus ondekt Jamaica

1509 - eerste spaanse gouverneur

1534 - Spanish Town gesticht

1655 - Engelse invasie

1670 - Piraten verklaren Port Royal tot onaantastbaar zeerovershol

1692 - Aardbeving vernietigt Port Royal, Kingston wordt gesticht

1738 - eind aan de 80 jarige Maroon(ontsnapte slaven)opstand

1760 - Slavenopstand

1795 - Tweede Maroon opstand

1807 - einde slaventijdperk Engelse kolonieen

1831 - Slavenopstand

1838 - Einde slaventijd Jamaica

1865 - Morant Bay opstand

1916 - Marcus Garvey's Farewell address to Jamaica

1930 - Haile Selassie 1, gekroont tot keizer van Ethiopia

1935 Italy begint invasie Ethiopia

1938 - Bloedige vakbondsopstand op Jamaicaanse suikerplantage's

1940 Marcus Garvey overlijdt in London

1948 - Rhygin the Bandit wordt neergeschoten

1954 - Pinnacle wordt door de politie gesloten

1958 - 1e Niyabinghi conventie

1959 - Sir Coxsone begint opname studio, begin ska tijdperk

1962 - onafhankelijkheid, Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Maytals

1963 - "Holy Thursday Massacre" gevecht tussen rasta's en politie(Montego Bay)

1965 - Hoogtepunt "Rude Boys"

1966 - Haile Selassie 1, bezoekt Jamaica , Begin Rock Steady

1968 - Organisatie "12 tribes of Israel" opgericht

1969 - Ethiopian Ortodoxe kerk gesticht in Jamaica

1971 - Film "The harder they come" in produktie

1972 - "Catch a Fire" van de wailers komt uit, begin Reggae

1975 - Haile Selassie 1 overlijdt

1978 - One love Peace Concert in Kingston

1981 - Bob Marley overlijdt aan de gevolgen van kanker

1982 - 2007 volgt nog!!!!!!!!!!

Marcus Mosiah Garvey

born in Jamaica 17 August 1887

died on 10 June 1940

He went to New York City in 1916 and recruited followers for his Universal Negro Improvement Association. His program was to unite all black peoples through the establishment in Africa of a country and government of their own.

He was a magnetic speaker and led his followers in parades through Harlem. In 1921 he got 1 million followers.

His newspaper, Negro World, carried his views to all parts of the United States. He preached economic independence, pride of race, and the need for black Americans to return to Africa.

He started a steamship company

the Black Star Line

to provide a commercial link among all the black peoples of the world. His methods of selling stock in the line, however, led to his conviction (1923) for defraud. After serving nearly 3 years of a 5-year sentence, he was pardoned and deported to Jamaica in 1927.

Although he died in obscurity, He is remembered as a national hero in his Jamaica