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

May 21st, 2014 | Add a Comment

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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BOOK EXAMINES REGGAE’S LACK OF GROWTH IN CANADA – THE LAND OF THE MAPLE LEAF!

June 24th, 2012 | Add a Comment

BOOK EXAMINES REGGAE’S LACK OF GROWTH IN CANADA – THE LAND OF THE MAPLE LEAF!

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL——- THOUGH some of Jamaica’s leading artists have lived in Canada, the land of the Maple Leaf has never had a booming reggae scene. Singer-turned-author Michael ‘Visionary’ Thompson examines some of the reasons for this shortfall in his book, The Hidden Agenda of Reggae Music. The St Catherine-born Thompson launched The Hidden Agenda in February at the Institute of Jamaica, downtown Kingston. He told the Jamaica Observer recently that it is a compressed autobiography as … Read entire article »

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