Mu gihe umuziki wa Reggae ukomeje kugira abakunzi benshi mu Rwanda no ku Isi yose, i Kigali hongeye kubera igitaramo cyahuje abakunda iyi njyana mu rwego rwo kwibuka no kuzirikana umurage wa Bob Marley, umwe mu bahanzi bakomeye babayeho mu mateka y’umuziki.
Iki gitaramo cyabereye muri Kigali Universe mu ijoro ryo ku wa Gatandatu, cyitabiriwe n’abiganjemo urubyiruko, abakunzi ba Reggae bamaze igihe kinini bayikurikira ndetse n’abanyuzwe no kongera kumva umuziki uririmbwa mu buryo bwa ‘Live’.
Abahanzi barimo Mighty Popo, Lion Manzi na Ras Kayaga ni bamwe mu basusurukije abari bitabiriye iki gitaramo, baririmba indirimbo zakunzwe za Bob Marley ndetse n’izabo bwite ziganjemo ubutumwa bw’amahoro, urukundo no kwigira.
Mu buryo bwihariye, igitaramo cyagaragaje ko Reggae ikomeje kuba injyana ifite igikundiro cyihariye mu Rwanda, nubwo itakigaragara cyane mu bikorwa byinshi by’imyidagaduro nk’uko byahoze mu myaka yashize.
Hari igihe Reggae yari imwe mu njyana zifite imbaraga zikomeye mu tubyiniro no kuri radiyo zo mu Rwanda, cyane cyane hagati ya 2005 na 2015. Icyo gihe amazina nka Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, Alpha Blondy na Tiken Jah Fakoly yumvikanaga cyane mu rubyiruko ndetse no mu bantu bakuru.
Uyu munsi, nubwo injyana nka Afrobeats na Amapiano zifite umuvuduko munini mu myidagaduro, abakunzi ba Reggae bo bagaragaza ko iyi njyana ifite umwihariko utajya usaza kuko yubakiye ku butumwa burimo ubuzima bwa buri munsi n’ibibazo byugarije sosiyete.
Abasesenguzi b’imyidagaduro bavuga ko impamvu Reggae ikomeza kubaho imyaka myinshi ari uko itishingikiriza gusa ku kubyina cyangwa uburyohe bw’injyana, ahubwo yubakiye ku butumwa buremereye burimo kurwanya akarengane, gushishikariza urukundo n’ubwigenge bw’ibitekerezo.
Mu gitaramo cyabereye i Kigali, benshi bagaragaye bafite amarangamutima yihariye mu gihe hacurangwaga indirimbo za Bob Marley zirimo “No Woman No Cry”, “One Love” na “Redemption Song”, indirimbo zakomeje guhuza ibisekuru byinshi kugeza uyu munsi.
Hari n’abagaragaje ko ibi bitaramo bifasha urubyiruko rw’iki gihe kongera gusobanukirwa amateka y’umuziki wa Reggae, cyane ko bamwe bawuzi binyuze ku mbuga nkoranyambaga ariko batazi neza inkomoko yawo n’ubutumwa wari ugamije gutanga.
Kwamamaza ibikorwa nk’ibi bishobora no gufasha abahanzi nyarwanda bakora Reggae kubona urubuga rwagutse, kuko bamwe bagaragaza ko iyi njyana ikunze kutabona umwanya uhagije mu bitaramo bikomeye n’itangazamakuru rishingiye ku myidagaduro.
Nubwo imyaka ishira indi igataha, Bob Marley akomeje kuba ikimenyetso cy’umuziki utarangiye. Indirimbo ze ziracyafite ijambo rikomeye ku Isi, cyane cyane mu bihe abantu benshi bakomeje gushaka ubutumwa bubaha icyizere, amahoro n’ubumwe.