Buju Banton (file image)
Buju Banton: I am an Igbo man
Popular Jamaican reggae musician, Buju Banton, has told the world that he is Igbo from South-East Nigeria.
Banton made the revelation in an interview on the “Drink Champs” podcast, where he disclosed further that his Jamaican tribe, the Maroons, originated from the Igbo people of Nigeria.
Banton also expressed concerns about his Indigenous land and way of life, blaming the Jamaican government for allowing Chinese and other foreigners to encroach on their sacred region, the Cockpit.
He expressed his pride in his Igbo roots and his people’s history as warriors who fought against British colonisation.
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His words: “Our Indigenous way of life and our land are being threatened by the current government of Jamaica which seeks to bring Chinese and other nationalities into the Cockpit region which is an Indigenous sacred region to usurp us the Maroons as the warriors.
“Maroons are some of the Indigenous warriors on my Island. We fought the British relentlessly. We are called Blackmaroons. My generation originated from Nigeria. I am an Igbo man according to my bloodline, we fought the British relentlessly.”
On Afrobeats, Banton lamented that the modern African Afrobeat music nolonger carry message likes those of Fela Kuti and Femi Kuti, whuch centred on societal issues.
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