AFRICA UNITE is a singular and masterfully executed film by Stephanie Black that is at once concert tribute, Marley family travelogue, and humanitarian documentary, igniting the screen with the spirit of world-renowned reggae icon BOB MARLEY in its every frame. In commemoration of Bobs 60th birthday, Africa Unite is centered on the Marleys first-time-ever family trip to Ethiopia in 2005. Includes rare footage of the legendary reggae icon...

One of the most important reggae / dancehall groups in Colombia. The band began in 2001 as a soundsystem called KilimanJahro with a potent reggae dancehall hip hop style which continues today, but which has evolved to include percussion which evokes their African ancestry and the rituals of dance, struggle and emancipation which draw on the musical richness of Colombia’s pacific coast. These elements are present within the new sound...

AFRICA STAND...

1992 documentary on the Caribbean Colombian Maroon Community of San Basilio Palenque located near Cartagena in the department of Bolivar. The focus is on present day descendants of African maroons who resisted against the Spaniards and claimed their liberty early during the colonial era with the escape of slavery and establishment of free communities termed palenques also known as maroon communities in English. This particular community...

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