“Do you remember the days of slavery?” That question is the whole point. Burning Spear’s “Slavery Days” doesn’t let history become something safely locked away in the past. He keeps bringing the listener back to remembrance — what happened, what people endured, and what that history means for the generations that came afterward. That’s one of the things roots reggae does differently. It doesn’t always ask you to feel comfortable. Sometimes it asks you to remember. Because when a people lose connection with their history, they can lose part of the context for understanding the present. Nearly 50 years later, Spear’s question still lands: Do we really remember? #RootsMeaning #BurningSpear #SlaveryDays #RootsReggae #ReggaeHistory - @2doods_dennis