Jason Wilson All Books King Alpha's Song sku-199822877

Jason Wilson's hardcover book, King Alpha's Song in a Strange Land: The Roots and Routes of Canadian Reggae, is listed under All Books as SKU sku-199822877. Wilson, a professional reggae musician and scholar, writes about Jackie Mittoo and Leroy Sibbles migrating from Jamaica to Toronto in the early 1970s and helping establish the city's reggae scene. He describes how the music brought Black and white youth together, opened dialogue between Jamaican migrants and Canadians, challenged racial divisions and eased acculturation. Bands including Messenjah and the Sattalites became household names for a brief time.