Nigeria Reggae Festival

Revitalising reggae music through Nigeria Reggae Festival

Revitalising reggae music through Nigeria Reggae Festival

The shift from Rocksteady to reggae was illustrated by the organ shuffle pioneered by Jamaican musicians like Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright, while Bob Marley is said to have popularised it and also claimed that the word, ‘reggae’ came from a Spanish term for “the king’s music.”