AFRICA Ever since the days of ska, Jamaican music honoured its African roots. That really came out of the Rastafarian sensibility amongst the musicians, not only amongst people like Count Ossie's Afro-Combo - who were the musicians on records like the Folkes Brothers 'Oh Carolina' - but also in all those players who made Studio One such a definitive sound. Titles of instrumentals like 'African Blood' (Raymond Harper), 'Ethiopia', 'Distant Drums' (Baba Brooks) 'Addis Ababa' and 'African Beat' (Don Drummond) speak volumes. Vocal songs that clearly ring out the African roots are, for example, 'Africa' (Gaylads), 'Marcus Garvey' (Bongoman Byfield), 'Woman A Come' (Marguerita), 'Congo War' (Lord Brynner & Shieks), 'Rasta Put It On' (Peter Tosh) and 'Selassie In The Chapel' (Wailers). Sporadically Jamaican artists toured Africa in the 1960's. Millie Small toured Nigeria and Ghana a couple of times, performing with local musicians. Owen Grey visited Europe and Morocco (and even Lebanon). And the Pioneers toured Egypt (and Lebanon) in 1970. But I do not know of any African ska, rocksteady and reggae in the 1960's. South Africa