THE GOOD LIFE

What is the good life?

This is a very difficult and divisive question. It means very many things to different groups of people, but the good life I want to talk about today is the simple life. The life where you have everything you need at your disposal to live a happy and contented life.

Now, you cannot live the good life without at first being at peace with yourself or with your circumstances.

This will be a two-part post, so watch out for more next week.

Take a listen to this song below and love it.

 

JAH WATCHETH OVER WE

This is a new year, and coming right after the election period, we should all band together and forge a prosperous, peaceful future. Each one of us should look at the ones next to us and see a brother, a friend, a helper.

Love is not fostered on suspicion but on mutual respect and trust, and this starts by giving the other person the benefit of doubt. It is by trusting and hoping that they are not infected by the tribal bile that is still being spat by people all over.

We can change the narrative of our future by being better versions of ourselves. So we should come together and rise up, or perish as fools.

WHAT A JOY TO HEAR THE UTTERANCE OF A RASTA – BLACK UHURU

One of the most prolific reggae bands of all time, it was formed in the early 1970s in Jamaica and underwent several lineup changes to morph into the award winning group it is known for.

It was made up of Mykal rose, Sandra “Puma” Jones and Duckie Simpson and the 10 odd years the trio worked together, they produced several albums, two of them chart-topping that got the world to pay attention, culminating in a Grammy award for the album Anthem.

They worked with legendary reggae producers Sly and Robbie, whose novel sounds, helped them make a name for themselves.

Their name means black freedom in Swahili,  and called for the awakening of the black man to the ills in his own society and how he was colonising himself. Their music was influenced by many things including their views on the world and religion.

Mykal Rose left the group in late 1989 to pursue a solo career after all the success they enjoyed as a group.  Some fans widely speculate that this was occasioned by the fact that Puma’s cancer had gotten worse and thus they couldn’t perform as a group due to the bond they shared.

Sadly, Miss Jones passed away on 28^th January 1990 from breast cancer. Duckie Simpson was left alone and fished other members to continue with the band’s legacy, to a somewhat dismal reception.