Creator Of The Word Wadadli
Devon Nisbet (AKA: Ras Mdung Bagalaga) was a resident of the point community and probably the most recognized and well known amongst the first group of Rastafarians in Antigua that emerged in the early seventies at the start of the cultural revolution.
RAS BAGALAGASome of the first to embrace the Rastafari religious Ideology include Mark, Wilson, Oko, and Luke, who were extreme bible evangelist that lived in the hills and was rarely seen in the public, but not Bagalaga, he was everywhere
.Unlike some of the other Rastas, Baga was well known, respected, and famous on the Island before he became a Rastaman. He was a star player with Santos, one of the most dominant and formidable football team in the history of Antigua, and an outstanding percussion player in Harmonites Steel Orchestra, one of Antigua's most prestigious Pan Music Institutions.
Bagalaga is one of the distinguished elders amongst the architects of the Rastafari movement in Antigua, and he played a significant role in permeating the culture. He was transient, less ideological, and very Afro-centric, which is evident in his daily attire and discussions.
Baga was a creative and innovative man that loved dissecting and recreating some of the ordinary and generic words used generally in society. If you were new to the culture and lifestyle of the emerging Rasta community in Antigua, you probably heard a few of those words for the first time from Bagalaga.
Of all the words that comprise the Antigua Rastafari language Lexicon, The most Recognized Accepted and Used all around the world is "WADADLI," and Bagalaga is the one who coined the word, and Wadadli Experience Band defined It. RIB Baga.