The poet and singer Faybiene Miranda died on Friday 20 December 2013. Faybiene Miranda found success in the 70s with the single Prophecy, produced by Jack Ruby and banned from the airwaves by Jamaica's socialist government of the day.
Prophecy was Faybiene's first song (also spelled Fabian), produced by Lawrence Lindo (aka Jack Ruby) in 1977. Born in Panama, Faybiene Miranda had come to settle in Jamaica after growing up in the United States.
Highly politically aware, Faybiene discovered the thought of Marcus Garvey there and wrote poems that won over Mutabaruka, who proposed co-writing a book. Prophecy is her first track, an ode to Marcus Garvey that the government took as a call to rebellion, which earned it a ban. In England, the song was a hit and in time became a collector's item that collectors fight over.
Faybiene Miranda also recorded Destiny, again with Jack Ruby, of which she recorded a French version in Canada. She also worked with Mad Professor in England during the 80s. She was also the wife of Cliff "Moonie" Pusey, the guitarist of Steel Pulse.
