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#344 Toots and the Maytals, 'Funky Kingston' (1972)

The album deals with the hard life of the working class in Jamaica, essentially a new country having received independence from the UK 10 years before. During this time there was major class inequality but in 1972 there were changes for the better; higher minimum wage, land reform, women’s equality, greater housing construction and an increase in education.

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