From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Niyabinghi chants
Niyabinghi chants
Music of Jamaica Niyabinghi chants include:
• "400 Million Blackman"
General topics • "400 Years" (its lyrics influenced Peter Tosh’s "400
Related articles Years")
• "Babylon In I Way"
Genres
• "Babylon Throne Gone Down" (arranged by Bob
• Kumina Marley to "Rastaman Chant" in 1973)
• Niyabinghi • "Banks of the River"
• Mento • "Behold Jah live"
• Ska
• Rocksteady • "Blackman Get Up Stand Up" (its lyrics influenced
• Reggae Bob Marley’s and Peter Tosh’s "Get Up, Stand Up" in
• Sound systems 1973)
• Lovers rock • "Brimstone"
• Dub
• "Chant Zion Chant"
• Dancehall
• Dub poetry • "Closer Than a Brother"
• Toasting • "Come sight up in Jah Army"
• Raggamuffin • "Fool Fool"
• Roots reggae • "Have a little light in I"
• Reggae fusion
• "I’n’I Riding"
National anthem Jamaica, Land We Love • "I Am Getting Ready"
• "Idemption Trodding"
Regional music
• "I Must Trod Home"
• Anguilla • "I Shall Not Remove" (its lyrics influenced Bob
• Antigua and Barbuda Marley’s "Forever Loving Jah")
• Aruba
• "I Will Not Go With You"
• Bahamas
• Barbados • "Jah Got the Whole World"
• Bermuda • "Jah Wind Blow East"
• Bonaire • "Leave Babylon"
• Cayman Islands • "Little Children"
• Cuba
• "Mystery Babylon Have To Move" / "Him Have To
• Curaçao
• Dominica Move"
• Dominican Republic • "Never Get Burn"
• Grenada • "New Name"
• Guadeloupe • "No Night in Zion" (arranged and released by Culture
• Haiti
in 1997, arranged and released by Luciano in 2001)
• Louisiana
• Martinique • "Nyahbinghi Voyage" (arranged and released by
• Montserrat Steel Pulse)
• Puerto Rico • "One Day Nearer Home"
• St Kitts and Nevis • "Over Hills and Valleys"[2]
• St Lucia
• "Peace and Love"
• St Vincent and Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago • "Promise to Hear I Chant"
• Turks and Caicos • "Rastafari Conquer"
• Virgin Islands • "Rastafari Know What This Gathering For"
• "Rivers of Babylon" (arranged and released by The
Jamaicans, Boney M arrangement became a world
Niyabinghi chanting[1] typically includes recitation of
hit)
the Psalms, but may also include variations of well-
• "Rock-of-my Soul"
known Christian hymns and adopted by Rastafarians.
• "Rock of Ises"
The rhythms of these chants were eventually an influ-
• "Roll River Jordan"
ence of popular ska, rocksteady and reggae music.
• "Run Come Rally"
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Niyabinghi chants
• "Satta Massagana" South Township, South Africa". Cape Town to Cairo
• "Send One Mighty Ingel" Website. CapeTowntoCairo.com.
• "So Long Rastafari" (arranged by Bob Marley in 1978; http://www.capetowntocairo.com/travelogue/
arranged and released by Dennis Brown in 1979) house-of-judah-nyabinghi-rastafarian-grounation-
• "Take a Sip" in-khayalethu-south-township-south-africa-1.htm.
• "The Lion of Judah" / "The Conquering Lion" Retrieved 2009-11-10.
(arranged by Bob Marley in 1976) [2] Bradley, John H. (June 2009). "Video of Over Hills
• "The Things You Do" (arranged and released by and Valleys by House of Judah Nyabinghi
Sizzla Kalonji) Rastafarian Grounation in Khayalethu South
• "Universal Tribulation" Township, South Africa". Cape Town to Cairo Website.
• "Volunteer Ithiopian" CapeTowntoCairo.com.
• "What a Weeping" http://www.capetowntocairo.com/video/house-
• "What a Woe" of-judah-nyabinghi-rastafarian-grounation-in-
• "Will You Be Ready" khayalethu-south-township-south-africa.htm.
Retrieved 2009-11-10.
References
[1] Bradley, John H. (June 2009). "House of Judah
Nyabinghi Rastafarian Grounation in Khayalethu
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