Fact:
I was to photograph the Gong discussing the Rastafarian newspaper SURVIVAL.
It is somewhat odd that many Marleyites are not aware that the Gong published three editions of the first Rastafarian newspaper, Survival, in 1980.
Somehow, I was blessed to have photographed all three cover photographs.
I
can remember whilst working with the Gong on the first Rastafarian newspaper,
Survival, I mentioned the word 'magical' to the Skipper and he said, try not to
use that word, as it conjures up aspects of trickery.It is somewhat odd that many Marleyites are not aware that the Gong published three editions of the first Rastafarian newspaper, Survival, in 1980.
Somehow, I was blessed to have photographed all three cover photographs.
He was probably correct.
THE MYSTIQUE OF BOB AND ANANCY
There are lots of descriptions of Bob..lots of reasonings on this thought
One of the descriptions is that of Anancy..and the Word was made flesh (incarnated)..Bob embodied the magical qualities of Anancy
The Anancy stories were brought to Jam in the 1600s by the Akan people of the Gold Coast (Ghana), and they were told and retold in the three Twi Dialects – Ashanti, ...Fanti, Akwapim
The art of storytelling is highly regarded in Jamaica and so is personal mystique
Bob Marley like Anancy became symbolic, larger-than-live figure for his people..a crucial symbol of courage embodying the concept that a supposedly lowly creature can outwit his formidable adversaries
Bob Marley like Anancy is elusive..precious little can be discovered about him and his presence is powerful indeed
Ananse spins a web between heaven and earth, and by means of this network god came down to man and man can reach up to god. But man’s separation from god is not completely bridged by this web, for everything depends upon the nature and character of Ananse who can trick both god and man.
The messenger of the gods becomes a bringer of both good and evil; he is both a Satan and a savior, a deceiver and a helper; he is a devouring monster catching unsuspecting man within his web as well as a mediator assisting man in his perilous ascent to god.
Among the Ashanti, Ananse is represented not merely as a trickster figure but also as a ghosthunter and a washer of souls for Nyankonpon (supreme creator sky-god)
He acts as a guardian for man, hunting and warding off the ghosts which oppress him; and he also stands between man and god, washing souls so that they might be worthy to appear before him. Thus the labyrinthine web of the spider is, in a very real sense, a symbol of the sky-gods’ inextricable weaving of man’s pattern of life, and of man’s total inability to avoul the voracity of Nyankonpon. Anancy is both god and man and expresses fully man’s weaknesses as well as his strength and guile
Anancy stories would start out like this We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are going to say is mean that what we are going to say is true ‘an conclude with this’ this is my story which I have told, and if it be sweet, or if it be not sweet, some you may accept as true and the rest you may praise me for telling it
Like Bob Brother Anancy captures Duppy’s..Brother Duppy – a supernatural being: is the enemy of Brother Anancy yet is also evil in his activities, so at times there is little distinction between their actions
There are lots of descriptions of Bob..lots of reasonings on this thought
One of the descriptions is that of Anancy..and the Word was made flesh (incarnated)..Bob embodied the magical qualities of Anancy
The Anancy stories were brought to Jam in the 1600s by the Akan people of the Gold Coast (Ghana), and they were told and retold in the three Twi Dialects – Ashanti, ...Fanti, Akwapim
The art of storytelling is highly regarded in Jamaica and so is personal mystique
Bob Marley like Anancy became symbolic, larger-than-live figure for his people..a crucial symbol of courage embodying the concept that a supposedly lowly creature can outwit his formidable adversaries
Bob Marley like Anancy is elusive..precious little can be discovered about him and his presence is powerful indeed
Ananse spins a web between heaven and earth, and by means of this network god came down to man and man can reach up to god. But man’s separation from god is not completely bridged by this web, for everything depends upon the nature and character of Ananse who can trick both god and man.
The messenger of the gods becomes a bringer of both good and evil; he is both a Satan and a savior, a deceiver and a helper; he is a devouring monster catching unsuspecting man within his web as well as a mediator assisting man in his perilous ascent to god.
Among the Ashanti, Ananse is represented not merely as a trickster figure but also as a ghosthunter and a washer of souls for Nyankonpon (supreme creator sky-god)
He acts as a guardian for man, hunting and warding off the ghosts which oppress him; and he also stands between man and god, washing souls so that they might be worthy to appear before him. Thus the labyrinthine web of the spider is, in a very real sense, a symbol of the sky-gods’ inextricable weaving of man’s pattern of life, and of man’s total inability to avoul the voracity of Nyankonpon. Anancy is both god and man and expresses fully man’s weaknesses as well as his strength and guile
Anancy stories would start out like this We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are going to say is mean that what we are going to say is true ‘an conclude with this’ this is my story which I have told, and if it be sweet, or if it be not sweet, some you may accept as true and the rest you may praise me for telling it
Like Bob Brother Anancy captures Duppy’s..Brother Duppy – a supernatural being: is the enemy of Brother Anancy yet is also evil in his activities, so at times there is little distinction between their actions
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