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Yami Bolo, Life and debt
Born Rolando Ephraim McLean on October 1, 1970, Kingston-born Yami Bolo is seen as one of Jamaica’s most articulate reggae artists. The singer initially came to prominence during the dancehall rage of the late Eighties. His first hit single “When a man’s in love” remains a popular song in Kingston’s night clubs, and American rapper KRS-1 sampled it for his hit “Take it easy”. Bolo is a prolific composer and has brought out over 20 albums, one of his most recent being “Healing of all nations”. He was one of several top Jamaican artists to contribute to the soundtrack of the award-winning documentary “Life and debt”, directed by Stephanie Black.
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Black describes the challenges of making a film on the effects of free trade policy on Jamaica. The role of music as a social and cultural rampart is central to the documentary.
Yami Bolo’s “Worldwide corruption” is one of 18 songs that pepper the remarkable documentary by American Stephanie Black on Jamaica’s postwar economic decline. The film shows the financial stranglehold the IMF, World Bank and other Bretton Woods institutions have on the Caribbean paradise island. The political and economic fallout has plunged this small nation into an excruciating cycle of poverty and violence. Stark images of this decline are set to hard-driving music by the likes of Buju Banton, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla and Mutabaruka. The Radio France International team behind World Tracks was at the public release of the film in Paris recently, and spoke to director Black and Yami Bolo.
Daniel Brown
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