Redemption song

Parmi la sélection de textes provenant de tous les continents touchés par la traite (Europe, Afrique, Amériques, Océan Indien) sur cinq siècles (du XVIIe au XXIe siècles) que l'on découvre au mémorial de l'abolition de l'eslavage à Nantes, figure  Redemption song de Bob Marley, extrait de l'album Uprising. A écouter sans modération.

“Old pirates yes they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottom-less pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
Cause all I ever have
Is redemption songs,
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds”