1. Levi Tafari
Dub poet

2. Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley (Jamaica, 1945 – USA, 1981) Reggae musician and member of Rastafarian movement.
Africa Unite (Survival 1979) reflects Marley's support for the struggles of Africans.
Redemption Song (Uprising 1980)
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds…”
Get up, Stand up: radical song, which would appeal to people in third world, black people.
Exodus : song about return to Zion

3. Other famous Bob Marley songs
I Shot the Sheriff No woman, No Cry Could you be loved Stir It Up Jammin’ One Love Three Little Birds Buffalo Soldier Iron Lion Zion…
Other famous Bob Marley songs

4. The Rastafarian movement
Haile Selassi ( ): last emperor of Ethiopia = Jah, their incarnation of God
They reject western society, called Babylon ("confusion").
Zion = promised land (Africa)
Dreadlocks – related to lions, the animal on the flag
Can you write down some other beliefs from the video?

5. Some Rastafarian Festivals
February 6 - Bob Marley’s birthday.
May 11 - The day that Bob Marley died.
July 23 - The birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie
August 17 - The birthday of Marcus Garvey
September 11 - Ethiopian New Year

6. What is dub poetry?
Oral poetry for public performance, in the Jamaican (and black British) dialect
Started in Jamaica and England - early 1970s
Jamaican disc‐jockeys (‘toasters’) sang or recited their own words over the dub versions of reggae records (instrumental re‐mixed versions on the B‐sides)
Dub poetry includes celebration of music, protest against racism, and Rastafarian religious themes.
Some famous dub poets: Linton Kwesi Johnson , Benjamin Zephaniah, Michael Smith, Jean Binta Breeze

7. Who is Levi Tafari? Let’s visit his website
Eight hundred lives project
An interview with Levi

8. Visit to a school
youtube clip

9. His name: ‘Creator of Unity’
I’m a creator of unity
My identity is a mystery because my story
is not history My geneology is of an African ancestry
which has left a legacy
for the whole of humanity
I am crucial, rhythmic, poetic consciousness raiser An Urban Griot overflowing with culture Born in Liverpool to parents from Jamaica Yes I'm Levi Tafari a unity creator

10. Benjamin Zephaniah Poems
Touch Genetics The British youtube The British text The Brazilians – students’ poems based on The British

11. Task: compare The British and Celebr8
Celebrate
Types of people mentioned
Structure of poem
Tone of poem

12. Comparison: The British and Celebr8
Celebrate
Types of people mentioned
Historic peoples who invaded Britain (Picts, Celts, Silures, Romans, Norman French,Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings)
Recent immigrants (Jamaicans, and from other Caribbean islanders, Africans, Chinese etc)
Black white / different races
Different religious groups
Men / women
Older people (the elderly)
Disabled people
Refugees
Structure of poem
A recipe, a list of different people who came to Britain
Doesn’t rhyme (free verse)
Like song lyrics, with a chorus
Rhymes
Tone of poem
Humourous but with serious point at the end
(An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all.)
Serious

13. Write your own poem!
Write a poem called either ‘The Spanish’ or ‘The Catalans’ in the style of a recipe.
Historic inhabitants / invaders
Recent immigrants
Traditions / characteristics of the Spanish or Catalans

14. Recipe vocabulary add bake blend (=mix smoothly) blend in boil combine
cook
leave to cool
let …cool / heat up
melt (derritir)
mix
pour
remove
serve
set
sieve / strain (to remove ) - colar
simmer – cook slowly (xuf xuf!)
spread
sprinkle
steam – cocinar al vapor
stir – (‘remenar’)
take …(a blend of…
whisk – what you do with a ‘mini-pimer’

15. Further Information: Roots
West Indian immigration to Britain in the 1950s