{"id":8490,"date":"2025-11-24T15:44:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T14:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:07:45","slug":"jimmy-cliff-1944-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/en\/jimmy-cliff-1944-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Cliff (1944\/2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mauvaise s\u00e9rie\u2026 Une l\u00e9gende de plus nous a quitt\u00e9s aujourd\u2019hui, et la Cara\u00efbe n\u2019est d\u00e9cid\u00e9ment pas \u00e9pargn\u00e9e. \u00a0L\u2019immense <strong>Jimmy Cliff<\/strong> avait commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019adolescence, \u00e0 Kingston, d\u2019abord dans un registre soul et gospel, avant de se tourner progressivement vers le rock steady et le reggae naissant. En 1968, son premier album contient d\u00e9j\u00e0 <em>Many Rivers To Cross<\/em> et l\u2019hymne anti-militariste <em>Vietnam<\/em> qui le propulsent sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale. En 1972, il devient un symbole de la culture carib\u00e9enne, \u00e0 travers sa musique, son cin\u00e9ma (<em>The Harder They Come<\/em>) et son engagement. Dans les ann\u00e9es 80, il revient avec une s\u00e9rie d\u2019albums et le succ\u00e8s plan\u00e9taire de <em>Reggae Night<\/em>, plongeant le reggae dans la pop mondiale. \u00c0 Soweto, il chante devant plusieurs dizaines de milliers de personnes, en plein apartheid. L\u2019interpr\u00e8te de <em>Hakuna Matata<\/em>, intronis\u00e9 au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 2010, s\u2019est donc \u00e9teint aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 Miami. Il laisse derri\u00e8re lui une \u0153uvre extraordinaire, reliant la Cara\u00efbe, l\u2019Afrique et le monde. Nos pens\u00e9es accompagnent sa famille et ses proches. Qu\u2019il repose en paix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_Jimmy_Cliff-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_Jimmy_Cliff-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_Jimmy_Cliff-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_Jimmy_Cliff-01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_Jimmy_Cliff-01-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_Jimmy_Cliff-01-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_Jimmy_Cliff-01.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauvaise s\u00e9rie\u2026 Une l\u00e9gende de plus nous a quitt\u00e9s aujourd\u2019hui, et la Cara\u00efbe n\u2019est d\u00e9cid\u00e9ment pas \u00e9pargn\u00e9e. \u00a0L\u2019immense Jimmy Cliff avait commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019adolescence, \u00e0 Kingston, d\u2019abord dans un registre soul et gospel, avant de se tourner progressivement vers le rock steady et le reggae naissant. En 1968, son premier album contient d\u00e9j\u00e0 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