Kingston, 4 April 2022 - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated United States-based Reggae band, Soldier of Jah Army (SOJA), on their winning the Grammy Award for ‘Best Reggae Album’.

The Award, presented at the 64th Annual Grammy awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, went to SOJA for their seventh studio album, ‘Beauty in the Silence’.

Minister Grange said:
“I want to congratulate SOJA on their award. This speaks to the universality of Reggae music and its worldwide reach. I recall in 2018 in Mauritius, when UNESCO inscribed Reggae Music, some of the most impassioned and stirring speeches about Reggae came from far-flung countries such as China, Japan, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Poland and Cameroon. Our music has touched and influenced the lives of people all around the world.”

The Minister also paid tribute to the Jamaican artistes who were nominated for the Reggae Grammy. “I want to especially recognise, Spice, for her album ‘10’ and Etana, for ‘Pajoma’. This is the first time in the 36 years of the Awards that two women were nominated in the Category and it is something that we must also celebrate. I wish also to congratulate Sean Paul for ‘Live N Livin’, Jesse Royal for ‘Royal’, and Gramps Morgan for ‘Positive Vibration’.”

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