Meaning
Deliverance and freedom from bondage — in Rastafari and reggae, the liberation of Black people from the mental and physical chains of 'Babylon', and the redemption of the soul. Immortalised by Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song' and its call to 'emancipate yourself from mental slavery'.
Examples
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Emancipate yuhself from mental slavery — a redemption dat.
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery — that's redemption.
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Di people look fi redemption from suffering.
The people look for redemption from suffering.
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Redemption Song a di anthem.
'Redemption Song' is the anthem.
Origin
From 'redemption' (deliverance); central to Rastafari and reggae's message of liberation, above all through Marley's 'Redemption Song'.
How it’s used
Spiritual and political liberation; a keyword of conscious reggae. See [[exodus]], [[babylon]].