King Alpha’s Song in a Strange Land

Who remembers Messenjah? For an all too brief but glorious moment, Canadian reggae flourished in Toronto. This is an insider’s account of the of the Canadian reggae scene from a musician who is also an author and expert in historical research. This tells the thrilling story of a vibrant underground scene of outsiders and immigrants, and the music that brought them, black and white, together. It is a story of new immigrants not just integrating into Canadian socieity, but changing it. This is the first book on the Canadian Reggae. It is for fans of music history, reggae, and Toronto culture.