On Friday, April 28, 2023, South Africa posthumously bestowed Winston McIntosh o/c ‘Peter Tosh’ with a National Honor-The Order of the Companion of Oliver Reginald Tambo, for his contribution to the fight against the Apartheid Regime. The award, which is the South African equivalent to Jamaica’s Order of Merit, was received by Peter Tosh’s youngest daughter, Niambe, at a ceremony in Pretoria presided over by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa.
South Africa bestowed the Order posthumously on the late reggae singer “for his contribution to the liberation struggle using his musical talent to advance the liberation cause worldwide through incisive and awareness-raising lyrics in his music.”
Apartheid was an institutionalized discriminatory, political, and economic system of racial segregation, which the white minority imposed on non-whites in South Africa.
Reportedly, Jamaica is credited as the first country in the western hemisphere and second in the world to India, which officially banned trade and travel with the fascist apartheid Government of South Africa.
Jamaican reggae artists such as Peter Tosh and Bob Marley were essential in highlighting the corrupt system.