Lutan Fyah, Bugle, Chezedek, and Hero are some of the entertainers slated to pay tribute to Jamaica’s first National Hero at IRIE FM’s Marcus Garvey Celebration on Sunday, August 18.

Lutan Fyah in a Music News exclusive talks about the teachings of Garvey and how it has influenced his music and way of life.

Other entertainers set to pay tribute to Marcus Garvey are South African Praise Poet, Singer, and actress Jessica Mbageni, Bungo Herman, The Kingston Drummers, Ras I-vi and the Nyabinghi Drummers, Earl Chinna Smith and the Binghistra, Prof I, Chezidek, Prophecy, Sativa Di Black One, Mixing Lab, Jah-Don and others.

Meanwhile, the speakers will include Dr. David Muhammad, Trinidad, and Eastern Caribbean representative of the Honourable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam and Spoken Word Poet, Educator, Journalist, and Community Activist, El Jones.

This year dubbed “One Africa, One Nation”, the Marcus Garvey Celebration is geared at educating, uplifting and inspiring through the arts.

The 28th staging of IRIE FM’s Marcus Garvey Celebration will be held this Sunday, August 18, from 6 am with a Live Broadcast of the Africa Forum with Ka’Bu Ma’at Kheru.

The event slated to run until 10 pm will be streamed live on iriefm.net, and broadcast live on the 107s.