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Akae Beka

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album thumb 2021 - Polarities
album thumb 2021 - New 1000
album thumb 2020 - Defendjah
album thumb 2020 - The Spirit Of Standing Up
album thumb 2020 - Protocols
album thumb 2019 - Hail The King
album thumb 2019 - Mek A Menshun
missing 2018 - Kings Dub
album thumb 2018 - Nurtured Frequency
album thumb 2018 - Topaz
album thumb 2017 - Jah Say Do
album thumb 2016 - Portals
album thumb 2016 - Livicated
album thumb 2015 - Homage To The Land


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Akae Beka is a roots reggae band who come from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, which was founded by members of the band Midnite following a change in their membership in 2015. In February of that year, the former band Midnite cancelled their 2015 tour and postponed dates "due to a life changing medical emergency, convictions, and revelations".

The band's leader Vaughn Benjamin explained that the name Akae Beka are two words that come from the Book of Enoch, cited in chapter 68, verse 20-24.

Akae Beka's first performance took place in Denver, Colorado on July 17, 2015 in honor of Nelson Mandela Day.

Benjamin died on November 4, 2019. in Port St Lucie, FL

He was buried the following weeks in his birthplace of Antigua. Laid to rest on November 25th 2019 following a private family funeral. No cause of death has ever been released by the family or any members. .

On February 12th 2020 the Akae Beka band played its final tribute show at The Worldbeat cultural center in San Diego, Ca. Edmund Fieulleteau Performed vocals In Honor of Vaughn. It was also the same venue as the final show Performed with Vaughn 5 months prior on September 23rd 2019.

In 2020 Protocols, a posthumous album, was released.

Many albums and collaborations still remain unreleased.
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