It's just for us all to open our eyes and see what's going on.' 'Some of the things that we in the West are worried about is because we're not exposed to what's really happening in the cities of Africa. 'You kinda worry if you're gonna go down there and eat something and then your stomach is gonna be running for two weeks,' says Marley, who ranked the food he ate while touring Africa over everything he had during the European stretch of his tour. That lack of exposure fuels suspicion and cultural stereotypes that continue to persist about Africa, especially among black people of the diaspora. And because of people not knowing what to expect they become a little bit hesitant.' 'We don't really see much of what's happening in the cities. 'In the Western Hemisphere, when we look at the media and see things, we more so see the wildlife and the country, the land, the bush,' he says. He chose to document the trip to South Africa, Kenya and 'the promised land' - as he refers to Ethiopia in the doc - to shed a different light on the continent and encourage a deeper connection to the motherland. Of course, Marley's affinity for Africa is rooted in his heritage as a Jamaican and a Rastaman. After a Tidal-exclusive debut this summer, he's debuting the wide release of the short doc on NPR Music. Gong's 2017 tour preceding the release of his first solo album ( Stony Hill) in 10 years. Originally a three-part doc directed by B+, Stony Hill to Addis documents the African leg of Jr.

'It was very important for that reason for me to actually get my feet on the soil.' He recently lent Rastaman vibrations to Jay-Z's reworking of Sister Nancy's dancehall classic 'Bam Bam.' He even collaborated with Nas to produce an entire album centering the concerns and conscious reawakening of the African diaspora on 2010's Distant Relatives.īut, as he tells NPR, 'You can't just be talking about Africa and not go.' So in 2017, Marley did just that by taking a musical sojourn to Africa and documenting the trip, which also retraces some of his father Bob Marley's footsteps on the continent. Gong' Marley is a global sound ambassador.

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