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“MUSIC SHOULD BE A PART OF THE EARLY CURRICULUM IN JAMAICA’S PRIMARY SCHOOLS” SAYS DR. CAROLYN COOPER!

“MUSIC SHOULD BE A PART OF THE EARLY CURRICULUM IN JAMAICA’S PRIMARY SCHOOLS” SAYS DR. CAROLYN COOPER!

 BY HOWARD CAMPBELL—  Top: Show promoter and entertainer Capleton (right) shares a photo opportunity with Bobby Montague, national security minister, at A St Mary Mi Come From launch in Kingston on Tuesday.  Bottom: Guest speaker Dr Carolyn Cooper, professor of literary and cultural studies at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, addressing the audience at Tuesday’s launch of A St Mary Mi Come From, held at Courtney Walsh Drive in St Andrew. (Lionel Rookwood)— UNIVERSITY of the West … Read entire article »

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REGGAE FINDING ITS GROOVE IN CUBA!

 Pat Chin (left), co-founder of VP Records, at ‘Bob Marley Time Will Tell’ exhibition which took place at Casa De Las Americas in Cuba, recently.— WITH the end of the 55-year United States embargo against Cuba in sight, the land of Fidel Castro is once again romantic. Many travel experts expect the entertainment and lifestyle scenes there to explode once the US normalizes relations with the Communist country. That could be this year. Jamaica is Cuba’s closest neighbor, so it seems inevitable will have a presence there. From May 18-22, the exhibition, ‘Bob Marley Time Will Tell’, took place at Casa De Las Americas, in Havana, Cuba’s capital. On show were 36 Bob Marley posters, selected from the International Reggae Poster Contest of 2013 and 2014. Viewers in two salons — Manuel Galich and Contemporianea … Read entire article »

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CAN JAMAICA STILL CLAIM REGGAE MUSIC AS ITS OWN?

Copeland Forbes—- By Shereita Grizzle– Reggae and Jamaica have been inextricably linked since its origin in the 1960s. The genre of music is considered to be ‘the heart and soul’ of the country’s entertainment landscape and holds an important place in the country’s history. Its contribution to theisland’s cultural development is significant and cannot be discredited. However, since reggae music made its way on to the international scene, it sparked a debate that still has relevance today. Given the emergence of countless non-Jamaican reggae acts, can Jamaica still claim reggae music as its own? The globalisation of reggae has impacted the island both negatively and positively. On one hand, as a direct result of globalisation, reggae’s popularity has grown and continues to do so. The global demand for the music has increased because of a connection established through … Read entire article »

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THE “WORLD-A-REGGAE” EXHIBITION HITS WASHINGTON DC, UNTIL MAY 30!

Michael Thompson—- THE AMA Art Museum of the Americas is currently showing 24 pieces from the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) at its Washington DC headquarters. A free event, this is the IRPC’s seventh ‘World-A-Reggae’ exhibition. Co-hosted by the AMA and Jamaica Mission at the Organisation of American States (OAS) Marcus Garvey Hall, the showing ends May 30. An opening reception, scheduled for tomorrow, will be attended by His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie, Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States Professor Carolyn Cooper of the University of the West Indies, Michael Thompson, and Maria Papaefstathou, co-founders of the contest. The IRPC was first held in December 2012 and attracted posters by 1100 artists from 78 countries. … Read entire article »

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