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Offbeat Rhythms: Understanding Reggae
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Bob Marley
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Jamaican singer-songwriter
Ry Cooder
American musician
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Haitian rapper, producer, and philanthropist
Lee Perry
Lee “Scratch” Perry
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Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz
Flag of Jamaica
Offbeat Rhythms: Understanding Reggae
Lady musician playing a sitar, ink and opaque watercolor on paper, ca. 1800; Kota, Rajastan, India.
Music in the World (Part Two) Quiz