![]() ![]() Reggae was launched in Jamaica at the end of the 1960s in a context of strong competition between small music producers. In 2018, UNESCO classified this music as an intangible heritage of humanity. Having taken on a global dimension, reggae is now played by groups of diverse origins, sung in a wide variety of languages and is composed of different sub-genres. Intimately linked to the Rastafari movement, itself born in Jamaica, reggae is not inseparable from it and is even rejected by some followers of this faith. Addressing themes often related to political and social issues, reggae has earned a reputation as the music of the oppressed. ![]() Reggae became world famous in the 1970s in the wake of Bob Marley’s success and established itself as a musical style with its own culture. ![]()
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