Jimmy Cliff

**James Chambers** (30 ga Yulin 1944 - 24 ga Nuwamba 2025), wanda aka fi sani da Jimmy Cliff, dan wasan ska ne na Jamaica, rocksteady, reggae da kuma mawaƙa na rai. An dauke shi daya daga cikin shahararrun mawaƙa na Jamaica kuma an yaba shi da taimakawa wajen fadada kiɗa na reggae a duniya. A lokacin mutuwarsa shi ne mawaƙi na reggae na 4 don riƙe Order of Merit, mafi girman girmamawa da gwamnatin Jamaica ta bayar don nasarorin da aka samu a fannin fasaha da kimiyya. An kuma zabi shi sau bakwai don Grammy Awards, inda ya lashe sau biyu.

Cliff ta fito a cikin The Harder They Come (1972), fim na farko na kasuwanci daga Jamaica . sauti ya taimaka wajen sa reggae ya zama sananne. An san shi da irin waɗannan waƙoƙi kamar "Many Rivers to Cross", "If I Follow My Mind", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "The Harder They Come", "Reggae Night", da kuma murfin Cat Stevens na "Wild World", Johnny Nash na "I Can See Clearly Now" (daga Cool Runnings soundtrack) da kuma "Hakuna Matata". Cliff na ɗaya daga cikin masu wasan kwaikwayo biyar da aka shigar da su cikin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a cikin 2010. Yana daya daga cikin Jamaican biyu kawai a cikin Hall of Fame, ɗayan kuma Bob Marley ne.

Jimmy Cliff ya yi Kokari da gangan, ƙoƙari mai yawa don isa ga al'adu da launin fata da kuma kira ga masu sauraro. Ya bi yarjejeniyar rikodin dabarun da ta ba shi damar shiga kasuwar Burtaniya da farko, ya rufe sanannun waƙoƙin pop da rock kamar Cat Stevens ' "Wild World", wanda ya kai lamba takwas a kan UK Singles Chart a cikin 1970, kuma ya sanya kiɗansa a cikin shahararrun fina-finai ciki har da 1988 ya buga Cocktail, wanda ya ƙunshi waƙarsa "Shelter of Your Love". Ta hanyar waɗannan ƙoƙarin Cliff ya kai ga masu sauraro na duniya yayin da yake kasancewa mai gaskiya ga tushen reggae, kuma an yaba shi da yawa tare da taimakawa wajen fadada reggae a duk duniya.
## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Jimmy Cliff James Chambers a ranar 30 ga Yulin 1944 a Saint James, Colony of Jamaica, ƙarami na biyu cikin yara tara. Ya fara rubuta waƙoƙi yayin da yake makarantar firamare a St. James, yana sauraron tsarin sauti na makwabci. Lokacin da yake dan shekara 14 mahaifinsa ya kai shi Kingston, inda ya karbi sunan Jimmy Cliff, "wani nuni ga matsayi na aikin da yake fatan ya yi".
## Rayuwa da mutuwarsa
Cliff ya kasance ɗan ƙungiyar Rastafari a takaice kafin ya tuba zuwa Islama daga Kiristanci. A cikin wata hira ta 2013 ya ce yana da "ra'ayi na duniya game da rayuwa" kuma bai haɗa kansa da wani motsi ko addini ba, ya kara da cewa, "yanzu na yi imani da kimiyya". Cliff ya yi aure kuma yana da 'ya'ya da yawa. Daga dangantaka da darektan fina-finai na Burtaniya Bluette Abrahams ya haifi 'yar, Odessa Chambers . Daga aurensa da Latifa Chambers, 'yar Lilty da ɗa Aken. A shekara ta 1992 ya zama mahaifin 'yar wasan kwaikwayo / mawaƙa ta Brazil Nabiyah Be ta hanyar dangantaka da masanin ilimin halayyar dan adam Sônia Gomes .

A ranar 24 ga Nuwamba 2025, matar Cliff ta sanar da cewa ya mutu a wannan safiya daga cutar huhu. An kwantar da shi a asibiti bayan fashewa. Yana da shekaru 81. Firayim Minista Andrew Holness, a cikin wata sanarwa ta jama'a bayan mutuwarsa, ya ce kiɗan Cliff "ya ɗaga mutane ta cikin lokutan wahala, ya yi wahayi zuwa ga tsararraki, kuma ya taimaka wajen tsara girmamawar duniya da Jamaica ke morewa a yau".
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