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ReggaeRoots
1950s-present
reggae, style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country’s dominant music.
By the 1970s it had become an international style that was particularly popular in Britain, the United States, and Africa. It was widely perceived as a voice of the oppressed.
Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. It is a fusion of African rhythmic elements and European elements, which reached peak popularity in the 1940s and 1950s.
