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| Jul 8, 2020 at 14:46 | comment | added | Johnny Bones | There's also this, which does correlate the American Buffalo Soldier to the plight of Jamaicans (and blacks in general). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier_(song) | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 13:59 | comment | added | Johnny Bones | "Stolen from Africa" could also be a reference to slavery. He clearly says "Win the war for America". Maybe he's comparing himself to the buffalo soldier, because he later references the Caribbean and San Juan. But you didn't ask for the reference or possible meaning behind it, you only asked what a Buffalo Soldier was. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 11:45 | comment | added | Mozibur Ullah | @Bebs: I'm not interested in answering my own question. That's not the point of asking questions. What I'm pointing out is why I think Johnny Bones answer doesn't work. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 16:10 | comment | added | Bebs | @MoziburUllah, you are allowed to answer to your own question if you think it's different from Johnny's. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 14:29 | comment | added | Mozibur Ullah | I'd also add that when Nelson Mandela was at school, the principal invited a black writer to deliver a talk. He turned up in a leopard-skin and holding a spear. Unsurprisingly, this electrified the school. I think it's more likely that Bob Marley is referring to something similar to this. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 13:30 | comment | added | Mozibur Ullah | Interesting. Except of course the song refers to 'dread-locked rasta', so I'm not sure that this explanation works. My personal opinion, for what it's worth, is that Bob Marley is referring to Africa here by the term, 'Buffalo'. Especially since he is harking back to Africa by the line, 'stolen from Africa'. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 12:03 | history | answered | Johnny Bones | CC BY-SA 4.0 |