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d’bi young | wombanifesto

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dubpoet, monodramatist, educator | photo (RasTa T): Che Kothari

born in kingston jamaica, raised in whitfield town
 birthed from the womb of dub
 by anita (poets in unity) stewart
 who raised her child
 at orality’s hub
 storyteller d’bi.young takes performance live
 is celebrated by the people on her way
 including receiving two doras for blood.claat
 first of the sankofa trio of plays
 the second and third are benu and word! sound! powah!
 onewomban biomyth monodramas
 d’bi. is dubpoet, educator, soul-searching wombanist
 also aspiring rawfoodist
 played staceyann in da kink in my hair
 founded anitafrika! dub theatre
 recorded six dub disks
 with two collections of poetry published
 new album blossomed summer 2010
 watching her two sons grow
 while currently touring the world
 welcome to her wombanifesto!

RasTa is for every body.

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King Jassim

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King Jassim, Bangalore, India | photos: Samuel Raj & Sabriya Simon

KING JASSIM aka RAGGA MAN is a Bangalore ( India ) based Ragga Artist/ Song Writer/ MC who entered the entertainment industry in 2006. His commitment to the upliftment of Hip Hop and Reggae music made him host India's 1st ever exclusive hip hop show on Radio for over two and a half years. His show PARTY AT THE SHACK was beamed through out Africa, Asia and Middle East via Worldspace Satellite radio Network's channel #44 SPIN. King Jassim was one of the founding members of India's leading hip hop band called LOW RHYDERZ. In 2010, APS COLUMBIAN RECORDS from Jamaica released the remix of Bang Diddy's highly acclaimed single AFRICAN DAUGHTER which made its way into Jamaican Radio in later part of 2010. He spent much of 2010, touring India with his band LOW RHYDERZ, promoting the band's upcoming debut album "OUTTA NOWHERE" thats due soon. Currently King Jassim is working on his self titled solo debut with production from Jamaica, India, Italy and Venezuela.

RasTa is for every body.

Ras Kassa | Livity on Wheels

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Artist, Ras Kassa

Watch out he'll surprise you, out of nowhere, winter, spring summer or fall - bringing life and livity to the streets of Toronto Born January 16, 1966 in Kingstown St. Vincent, Ras Kassa attended Roman Catholic School as a young boy. And all the while was fascinated with the culture of Rastafari. In school he used to get beatings from the teachers and scoldings from the sisters for not going to church. This resulted in him choosing to no longer to attend neither school, nor church. And this was when he started to fully immerse himself in the Rasta way of life. He began locking his hair at the age of 11 and took a vow never to cut it again. Living between his home in Old Montrose and the Hills of St. Vincent, he learned the ways of Rasta, first hand, from the elders. After eight years on living in the ways of Jah, he left St. Vincent and moved to Canada. And now 25 years after choosing the ways of Rastafari he still lives the livity he learnt in the Hills of St. Vincent.

RasTa is for every body.

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Dennis Morris

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Dennis Morris started his career at an early age. He was 11 years old when one of his photographs was printed on the front page of the Daily Mirror. A camera fanatic since the age of 8, Dennis was known around his East End neighborhood as Mad Dennis, due to his preference for photography over football. After inadvertently stumbling across a particularly feisty demonstration by the PLO one Sunday, the sharp young Dennis took his film to a photo agency on Fleet Street who promptly sold it to the Daily Mirror for £16. Accustomed to raising money for films and camera parts by taking photos of christenings and birthday parties, Dennis was suddenly on to something; his hobby and all-consuming passion could be done for a living. It was whilst bunking off school to wait for Bob Marley to arrive for soundcheck at the Speak Easy Club on Margaret Street, that Dennis's music photography career really began. Marley, quite taken with the young teenager who was waiting for him, invited Dennis to come along and take pictures on the remainder of the tour. Running home to Dalston, Dennis packed his bag and jumped on the bus. His photographs of Marley and The Wailers became famous the world over, appearing on the cover of Time Out and Melody Maker before Dennis had even turned 17.

RasTa is for every body.