Trench Town

Trench Town

Trenchtown ist ein Stadtteil von Kingston, Jamaika. Er wird überwiegend von Armen bewohnt und kann als Slumviertel bezeichnet werden.

Trenchtown ist besonders bekannt für zahlreiche Reggae-Musiker, die in den Armenvierteln des Stadtteils aufgewachsen sind. So zum Beispiel Bob Marley, Peter Tosh und Bunny Wailer, die dort ihre ersten Songs schrieben und die Band The Wailing Wailers gründeten.

Die Gruppe benannte die Lieder Trenchtown Rock und Trenchtown nach diesem Stadtteil. Auch in dem Lied No Woman No Cry besingt Marley rückblickend seine Zeit im "government yard in Trenchtown", womit er vor allem seine Mutter anspricht, die unter den schweren Bedingungen der Viertel in Trenchtown litt.

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17.984904-76.7967637Koordinaten: 17° 59′ N, 76° 48′ W


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