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Reggae is on UNESCO's heritage list

It was added in 2018 as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity

UNESCO added reggae music of Jamaica to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in November 2018, citing its contribution to international discourse on injustice, resistance, love and humanity. Bob Marley remains its best-known figure.

Bob Marley 1977 press photo — Kim Gottlieb; Distributed by Island Records · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It was added in 2018 as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The figure is taken from UNESCO, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.