Article: Dube's Reggae Music Has Roots In South Africa

Shawn E. Rhea
New York Beacon, The
09-27-1995
Dube's Reggae Music Has Roots In South Africa.

While successful reggae artists have traditionally hailed from the Island of Jamaica, over the past decade South African native Lucky Dube has delivered some of the most conscious and substantive roots reggae songs to hit the airwaves.

Taking his queues from reggae music fathers Peter Tosh and Bob Marley, Dube's musical style is grounded in the essence of the genere's original spirit. From the beginning his lyrics have brought an original voice to reggae by chronicling the political and spiritual struggles of his South African bredren.

Dube reveals that he was attracted to the spiritual messages of ...

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