Ijahman Levi
Ijahman Levi | |
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Ijahman Levi live at Burgerweeshuis (Deventer), Netherlands, 29 May 2025. Photograph by Raymond Rothengatter | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Trevor Augustus Sutherland 26 June 1946 Christiana, Manchester, Jamaica |
| Genres | Conscious roots reggae, rastafari, dub, Nyabinghi rhythm |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Label | Island Records |
Ijahman Levi (born Trevor Augustus Sutherland; 26 June 1946) is a Jamaican-British conscious roots reggae chanter, artist and musician. In his early years, Levi was tutored by musician and vocal teacher, Joe Higgs. His first album, Haile I Hymn, was released on Island Records in 1978. He became Ijahman Levi after a religious spiritual conversion to Rastafari when he was in prison between 1972 and 1974. It and his following records preach Rastafari movement as well as Twelve Tribes of Israel doctrine.