Talk:Black Uhuru

Stan 'Roy Scientist' Palmer

*The group was named by Stan 'Roy Scientist' Palmer whom Duckie referred to in interviews as a 'madman'. Common knowledge among the group's Waterhouse contemporaries is that 'Roy Scientist' wrote most of the lyrics for the 'Anthem' album, including the title track, "Party in Session", "What is Life", and others. He was however, never formally credited but testified to this in a lawsuit that was a part of the fight over the spoils and legacy of Black Uhuru. According to Roy Scientist, the significance of the name goes much deeper than the obvious translation. In the Rasta vernacular, 'black sounds' is both a verb and a noun. To 'black sounds' means 'to speak or utter'. Roy Scientist explains that the mixture of Swahili and English in the name is in recognition of Africans in Africa and in the diaspora, especially Jamaica, the nationality of the group members. This is the first time that so detailed an explanation has been given for the name 'Black Uhuru'.

The above was deleted along with the trivia section some time ago. Can't find any reference to this "Stan 'Roy Scientist' Palmer" on Google, other than in older copies of this article floating on mirrors. It all sounds like OR to me, but if it can be verified, then both he and his explanation for the naming are probably important enough to be included in the history of the group, as is some information about this "fight over the spoils". DewiMorgan (talk) 14:37, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Daryl Thompson

Three other WP pages (The Tip; Mishka; and Lucky Thompson) all note that (Lucky's son) guitarist Daryl Thompson was in Black Uhuru, whereas this page's list of musicians who are or were members omits him. Can anyone clarify this? Nick Barnett (talk) 12:03, 3 April 2018 (UTC)