born 26 December 1952, Rae Town, Jamaica Mutabaruka attended the Kingston Technical High School, where he trained in electronics for four years, He then went on to work for the Jamaican Telephone Company. In school he read many "progressive books" which helps in shaping his radical views. Mutabaruka was drawn into black awareness movement of the late 1960s and early '70s. Raised as a Roman Catholic he began examining and immersing himself in the Rastafari Movement He stopped combing his hair and started growing dreadlocks, and changing to an ital diet, and even stopped wearing shoes as he became a Rastafari. He adopted the name Mutabaruka, a term from the Rwandan language, Kinyarwanda, meaning "one who is always victorious" Mutabaruka left Kingston in 1971, relocating to the Potosi Hills, where he lived with his wife and two children in a house that he built himself. Source: Wikipedia One may keep track of the man and his works by linking Duke Baysee’s YouTube channel Note; this channel is Controversial, Educational and most times Unbelievable Note; Some contents on these pages/post are/maybe property of third party owners. We don't hold or claim any right to such contents. These contents have been collected from websites considered to be in the public domain. If anyone has any objection of us displaying these contents here, just send us an email and we will remove it immediately, after verifying the claim. thank you
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AuthorE Lloyd Kelly is an Author, poet and blogger born in Jamaica W.i. to Raglan and Alma Kelly. Now lives in Montreal Qc. where when not writing, he drives a shuttle bus between campuses at McGill university Via: Poetry Foundation
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