I & I: The Natural Mystics, Marley, Tosh and Wailer by Colin Grant - review

Maggie Gee hails a biography of the Wailers that is also a history of modern JamaicaFans of the The King's Speech could gain a different perspective on its pale-hued study of the British monarchy in the 1930s by reading this vivid biography of the Rastafarian reggae artists the Wailers. Colin Grant includes the story of Leonard Howell, imprisoned for two years for sedition in Jamaica in 1933. His crime? As a believer in the divinity of the recently crowned Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, "Ra...

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I & I: The Natural Mystics, Marley, Tosh and Wailer by Colin Grant - review

Guardian Music — Maggie Gee hails a biography of the Wailers that is also a history of modern JamaicaFans of the The King's Speech could gain a different perspective on its pale-hued stud... more info