Black Brothers
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Black Brothers was a well-known West Papuan pop group from Jayapura
. The band consisted of five members, led by Andy Ayamisiba. Their music, sung in Tok Pisin
, included influences from reggae
and political elements inspired by the Black Power movement. The group went into voluntary exile in Vanuata in 1979, protesting Indonesian policies in West Papua. They later moved to Papua New Guinea
.
Black Brothers were the most popular musical group in New Guinea
during the 1980s. The reggae influences of the Black Brothers influenced various other musical groups in Papua New Guinea.
There was another group titled 'Black Brothers' in New Caledonia
, which was associated with the Kanak independence movement.
Jayapura
Jayapura City is the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is situated on Yos Sudarso Bay . Its approximate population in 2002 was 200,000....
. The band consisted of five members, led by Andy Ayamisiba. Their music, sung in Tok Pisin
Tok Pisin
Tok Pisin is a creole spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in that country...
, included influences from reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and political elements inspired by the Black Power movement. The group went into voluntary exile in Vanuata in 1979, protesting Indonesian policies in West Papua. They later moved to Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
.
Black Brothers were the most popular musical group in New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
during the 1980s. The reggae influences of the Black Brothers influenced various other musical groups in Papua New Guinea.
There was another group titled 'Black Brothers' in New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
, which was associated with the Kanak independence movement.