 Ahavuye isanamu, Getty Images Insiguro yisanamu, Frederick Hibbert yari azwi nka Toots wo mu mugwi Toots and Maytals afatwa nkumwe mu batanguje Reggae Umushikiranganji wimico kama mu gihugu ca Jamaique Olivia Grange avuga ati: Reggae ni umuzika wumwihariko wa Jamaique. Ni umuzika twatanguje, umaze kugera mu mfuruka zose zisi. Gishikiriza iyo ngingo, ikigo ca Unesco United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation kivuga ko uwo muziki waterereye amakungu mu kugwanya akarenganyo, mu kwigisha kwigwanira, gukundana no kugira ubuntu bituma uwo mudiho ubamwo ubwenge, politike, uba nkoramutima kandi ujamwo nivyukwemera. 