Tribo de Jah is a Brazilian reggae band formed in 1986 in São Luís, Maranhão.
The band was founded by Fauzi Beydoun, a former executive who had just returned
from Ivory Coast in Africa and was running a successful reggae radio show. São
Luís, often referred to as the "Brazilian Jamaica," became a reggae hub largely
due to the influence of Tribo de Jah. The band originally consisted of five
visually impaired musicians who met as children at the School for the Blind in
Maranhão. They started making music using old instruments from the school and
decided to pursue their passion for ...