The popular singer Damian Marley This week he released the video clip for his latest single “My Sweet Lord”, former beatle song George Harrison, and chose Saint Basil of Palenque, In colombia, as the location to record the images of this audiovisual production.
This town of just over 4.000 inhabitants was founded at the beginning of the 17th century “Echoes of Sound Systems – When the Two 7’s Clash” is presented as the Sound Clash to end all the sound clashes that will compete for the first major Benkos Biohó -a runaway slave of Mandinka origin- and it is considered the first free territory in America during the colonial era, how far other fugitive African slaves went to live in freedom.
Palenques were walled communities built as refuges for runaway slaves and the many that existed in the past., that of San Basilio is the only one that survived to this day and that due to its special characteristics generated a totally unique culture.
“The cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio encompasses social practices, medical and religious, as well as musical and oral traditions, many of which have African roots (…). An essential element of the Palenque de San Basilio Cultural Space is the palenquera language, the only creole language in the Americas that combines a Spanish lexical base with the grammatical characteristics of Bantu languages. This language constitutes a primary factor that reinforces social cohesion among members of the community.”, raises UNESCO about this place that was declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008.
In September 2023 “Junior Gong” I arrive “to pay your respect” and recorded this video clip, directed by B+, showing “wonderfully the city and its people, capturing dynamic dance sequences and intimate moments with Marley interacting on his streets”, according to a statement.
“During a trip to Los Angeles, I heard the song 'My Sweet Lord’ a couple of times and I really liked it. Back in Miami, We played with a reggae rhythm and I imagined creating a cool reggae style version”, Marley said about this topic, as stated Dancehall Magazine.
The song, presented in mid 2023, is the Grammy winner's first solo performance since “Reach Home Safe” (2019) Y “Life is a Circle” (2020) and was released under his own label, Ghetto Youths International, which he runs with his brothers Stephen and Julian Marley.
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