He wanted to be a writer, but believes he’ll get his message across more easily through music.
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Emerging from a swirl of sonic influences, reggaeton began as Panamanian protest music long before Puerto Rican artists turned the genre into a global phenomenon.
Roots reggae, thrash metal and pop punk add new layers to familiar holiday tropes.
The reggae singer used his music to speak out at issues that mattered.
This audio visual masterpiece brilliantly captures the history of British reggae music.
How did a musician whose songs were suffused with messages of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism become so commercialized?
The first Rastafarian communities emerged around 1931 in eastern Jamaica. Today, there are over 700,000 Rastafarian communities located on almost every continent.
Nights out dancing! How African and Caribbean music and dance have shaped British culture.
From celebratory calypsos to more critical reggae tracks, Black British music has had a huge influence on the evolving sound of football.
The last original Wailer may have died, but the musician’s lasting influence on music is clear
Centred around a Blues Party in London, the second film from the Small Axe anthology captured the excitement of setting up a party but missed things about sound system culture in the UK.
Bobi Wine in Uganda does it; so do the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa. The red beret is worn to signify the revolutionary. Its power lies in a symbolism that combines art and politics.
More than just a musical accolade, UNESCO has recognised the social and political importance of Jamaican music.
A 1981 odd and eerie protest song, ‘Ghost Town’, still resonates today. It remains a cry out against injustice, against closed off opportunities by those who have pulled the ladder up.
Reggae in South Africa has lost its visibility and prominence inside the country after apartheid. But local artists have built up extensive international links.
More than three decades after his death reggae icon Bob Marley’s music remains meaningful. It still has the potential to catalyse conversation not often had in the postcolonial world.
Bob Marley is one of those rare artists who continues to touch the hearts of millions of people across the world, even though he died more than three decades ago.
One of popular music’s most influential artists, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, turned 80 this year. It is a good time to acknowledge his work as irreducibly complex, deeply layered, subtle and nuanced.
Marlon James’s book is a whirlwind of different voices ostensibly about the infamous failed assassination of Bob Marley in 1976.
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Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in Anthropology, Catholic University of Malawi
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Lecturer in Popular Music, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Post-doctoral researcher, cultural studies, University of Eastern Finland
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Antioch College
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Deputy Director for Creative Writing, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor of Music Theory, West Virginia University
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Associate Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange), University of Brighton
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Senior Lecturer in Digital and Multimedia Journalism, University of Sussex
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Research Fellow at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Associate Lecturer in African Caribbean Dance, Goldsmiths, University of London; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Visiting Research Fellow, Birmingham School of Media, Birmingham City University
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Associate Professor of Education and Human Development, Temple University
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Deputy Director of The Stephen Lawrence Research Centre, De Montfort University
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Professor Emeritus of Recording Industry (Popular Music Studies & Music Business), Middle Tennessee State University