This is part of the song Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley.
Troddin' through San Juan in the arms of America;
Troddin' through Jamaica, a Buffalo Soldier -
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival:
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta.
My question is: is "San Juan" a reference to the charge in the Span-Am War, when the Rough Riders, assisted by the Buffalo Soldiers charged up the San Juan Hills? What should I make of the "in the hands of America" phrase?
While I am at it...I am in the process of writing a report on the Buffalo Soldiers. What I am trying to find out is to what extent Bob Marley was right suggesting that the Rastafarians of Jamaica can identify with the so-called Buffalo Soldiers...You may have some comments on this as well.
Erik