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Rastaman Stan Antas says livity is 'always striving to do good'

Stan Antas is a Rastaman from Vanuatu who still goes to church, speaks out on teachers strikes, advocates for West Papua's right to self-determination, and uses his music with Stan and the Earthforce to champion the marginalised across the Pacific. He deliberately keeps the Rasta label out of his music so the message reaches everyone, because livity is about doing good, not belonging to a movement.

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