Bob Marley y la esclavitud

REDEMPTION SONG - BOB MARLEY

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the Book.

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.
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/Guitar break/
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Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the book.
Won't you have to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.

"Redemption Song" es, para mi, una de las mejores canciones de Bob Marley. Hoy hace 25 años que murió.

Ayer, Francia recordó a las victimas de la esclavitud al cumplirse 158 años de su abolición en ese país

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Cifras para recordar sobre el comercio de esclavos:

Entre 10 y 28 millones de africanos fueron afectados 17 millones fueron vendidos en las costas del Océano Índico, el Medio Oriente, y norte de África 12 millones fueron trasladados a América. 5 millones viajaron a través del Sahara y África del este. Se estima que Francia llevó 1.250.000 esclavos a sus colonias en el Caribe Francia fue el primer país de Europa en abolir la esclavitud en 1794, aunque con Napoleón hubo un periodo en que la restauró.