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The murder of Dube, an international reggae superstar of our country, was felt far and wide, across the globe. In one instance, a band in Jamaica composesd a song dedicated to Dube. The song asks pertinent questions about violence and its consequences and also sends a warm condolence to the Dube family that says in short: “Your pain is our pain.”
Based in Kingston, Jamaica, Rohan Brown aka ‘Prophecy', together with his business and label partner Delroy Nevin and band member Marlon DeCordova, recorded a song titled ‘Chance – Tribute to Lucky Dube'. The song is about the loss that Africans have suffered as a result of Dube's untimely death. It also echoes the cry by nations of the world on the falling of this great African icon. The song, which analyses the commonality of life in the ghetto and how Africans in the Diaspora face daily challenges of trying to survive against a system that breeds guns, thuggery and violence, pleads for a chance for those in the ghetto to live, otherwise they must run for cover in order to survive less they become extinct.
A video of the same song ‘Chance – Tribute to Lucky Dube, featuring Prophecy (the artist) is being shot in Jamaica and Africa, which is a visual attempt to pay tribute and respect to the musician who captured the hearts and minds of music lovers across the globe.
Similarly, and at the blessing of the Dube family, a documentary on the influence Dube had on the multiplicity of SA and global audiences is being shot, again both in SA and Jamaica. The documentary follows Dube's eldest son, Thokozani, as he embarks on a journey to Jamaica to trace his father's path back to the roots of reggae music. It is during this spirited journey that Thokozani met Prophecy and other Jamaican artists who then followed him back to SA to pay their respects posthumously to Dube, and as well as convey their heartfelt condolences to his family.
Prophecy, together with DeCordova and Brown and his publicist Teresa Castelluci, have been in SA since Tuesday 12 December to finish the video and the documentary, while meeting music industry players and fellow artists as a gesture of solidarity for the loss of a reggae icon. They leave on 18 December.
A collaboration performance with the Lucky Dube Band, featuring Prophecy (Jamaica), King Prophet (SA), Nathi Bongo (SA) and Jahseed (Zimbabwe) took place yesterday Thursday 13 December at Carfax (Newtown, Johannesburg) and was hosted by Admiral and Jahseed's at their infamous and long-surviving ragga/e nights.
Prophecy, who is excited by the visit to the motherland, hopes to record a few songs with South Africa's leading musicians.
SA audiences, for first time on radio, heard the song ‘Chance – Tribute to Lucky Dube' played by all SABC Radio Stations on Thursday at midday.
