UNESCO adds reggae music to global cultural heritage listReggae music, whose calm, lilting grooves found international fame thanks to artists like Bob Marley, on Thursday won a spot on the United Nations’ list of global cultural treasures. UNESCO, the world body’s cultural and scientific agency, added the genre that originated in Jamaica to its collection of “intangible cultural heritage” deemed worthy of protection and promotion. It was often championed as a music of the oppressed, with lyrics addressing sociopolitical issues, imprisonment and inequality. “Reggae is uniquely Jamaican,” said Olivia Grange, the Caribbean island nation’s culture minister, before the vote. “It is a music that we have created that has penetrated all corners of the world.”

Source: Ethiopian News November 29, 2018 09:58 UTC