The poetry of Nazamba is a part of the lengthy custom of nice writers and singers from his hometown of Clarendon, Jamaica. Following within the footsteps of Claude McKay, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Olive Lewin, Nazamba makes use of his pen and his inimitable circulate to plunge the listener into his sonic tales.
Every of those tracks is a narrative to immerse your self in, bathed in Jamaican patois and rocked by the dub riddims of OBF. A contemporary-day playwright, his deep and charming voice transports us into his on a regular basis life in Kingston, while additionally tackling common themes.
Militant and politically engaged, his music is a conduit to battle towards misconceptions (‘Africa’, ‘Medicine Tree’), oppression (‘Politricks’ feat Soom T), hatred (‘Individuals’), violence (‘Run !’) and injustice (‘Badmind’).
Nazamba asks what it’s that makes us human beings.
Drawing inspiration from sure features of the lifetime of one in every of his heroes, Voltaire, he presents us a social panorama which confronts the arbitrary nature of enslavement of man by his personal brothers.
In world that preaches immediacy, hit information, appearances and cash as symbols of success, with this album Nazamba invitations us to guide ourselves in direction of meditation, the love of 1’s neighbour and respect for nature.
We’re all individuals! We’re household! Yt
