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Book: The Ultimate Guide to Great Reggae

Chapter: Big Youth

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.25481

Blurb:

Manley Augustus Buchanan, better known as Big Youth, was born in 1949 in


Kingston’s Trench Town. Jah Yout’, as he is affectionately called, is one of reggae’s


greatest DJs and one of roots reggae’s greatest performers, DJing Rasta themes


with unbridled enthusiasm and unmatched creativity. He is a charismatic figure,


with stones in the Rastafarian colors of red, green and gold set into the front teeth


of his typically smiling, always dreadlock-framed face.

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