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GT23M - Popular
Music 1962 - 1982: Roots, Lyrics as Socio-Political and Philosophical
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| Lecturer: |
Mr. Jalani Niaah |
| Office: |
Room
21 (Dept of Govt) |
| Telephone: |
977-5935; 977-1809 (Fax) |
| Consultation: |
Mondays
2:00 - 3:00 pm |
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| Introduction/Rationale/Objectives |
This course explores the
folk and popular music as socio-political, cultural and
philosophical instruments and expressions in the making
of the African Diaspora in the Americas . Within this historical
context, the course examines, through popular Jamaican
music (Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae) ideas of grass root
Jamaicans about freedom, justice, sexuality, human rights,
power, God, the nature of the state, and social and political
behaviour during the first twenty years of independence.
It seeks to ascertain/measure the intellectual/ideological
contributions of grass root Jamaicans to the making/definition
of freedom, justice, human rights, etc. in the development
of the Jamaican polity, as well as to establish that grass
root Jamaicans are part of the tradition of subjected peoples
the world over who have contributed to the making of freedom
as one of the most important human values.
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| Format |
There are two 1-hour lectures
and one 2- hour seminar weekly. In the seminar students are
required to make presentations and discuss issues, listen
to and critique lyrics of popular Jamaican music, view videos
and sometimes listen to and discuss issues with guest speakers.
In addition there will be a trip to the Bob Marley Museum
in the week of Feb 6 th, 2005 . |
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| Evaluation |
Each student is required to do a research paper of 12 typed
pages for his/her incourse work. This paper is marked out of
30. Students will also be required to form themselves into
groups to research and hold a seminar on a particular topic.
This will be marked out of 10.
In the final examination each student is required to write
two essays in two hours. These essays are marked out of 60.
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| Reading
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NOTE: A
wide selection of popular Jamaican lyrics is central to this
course.
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| **Lewin, Olive |
Rock It Come
Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica . The University of West Indies Press, 2000. |
| Lewin, Olive |
“Emancipation Lecture 1998: Cultural
Expression in the Quest for Emancipation”.
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| Alleyne, Mervyn |
Roots of Jamaican
Culture, Pluto Press,
1998 |
| Barrett, Leonard |
The Rastafarians:
The Dreadlocks of Jamaica. Sangster’s
Book. |
| Beckford, George |
Persistent Poverty:
Under-Development in Plantation Economies of the Third
World . Maroon Publishing
House, 1972. |
| Brodber, Erna |
“The emergence of Reggae: A 1986 Overview"
in The Jamaica Historical Review
Vol. XX1998. |
| **Campbell, Horace |
Rasta and Resistance:
From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney African World Press Inc.187
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Chang, Kevin O’Brian &
Wayne Chen
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Reggae Routes: The
Story of Jamaican Music,
Ian Randle Publishers 1998. |
| **Bradley, Lloyd |
Bass Culture: When
Reggae was King Viking,
2000 |
| Meeks, Brian |
Narratives of Resistance:
Jamaica , Trinidad , The Caribbean . The University Press of the West Indies
, 2000. (Chapter 1).
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| Stolzoff, Norman C. |
Wake The Town and
Tell The People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica Duke University Press, 2000. |
Barrow,
Steve &
Peter Darlton |
Reggae The Rough Guide:
The Definitive Guide to Jamaican Music From Ska Through
Roots To Reggae. The
Rough Guides, 1997. |
| Chevannes, Barry Ed. |
Rastafari and Other
African-Caribbean Worldviews. Rutgers University Press, 1998.
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| Chevannes, Barry |
Rastafari: Roots
and Ideology The Press
University of the West Indies 1995
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| **Chevannes, Barry |
“The Repairer of the Breach: Reverend
Claudius Henry and Jamaica Society”.
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| **Cooper, Carolyn |
Noises in the Blood:
Orality, Gender and the ‘Vulgar’ Body of
Jamaican Culture,
Macmillan Caribbean , 1993
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| Dubois, W.E.B. |
The Soul of Black
Folk: 1969, New American
Library, 1982 |
| Elkins, W.F. |
“Streets Preachers, Faith Healers
and Herb Doctors in Jamaica 1890-1925.”
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Garvey,
Amy Jacques &
E.U.
Essien-Udom |
More Philosophy and
Opinions of Marcus Garvey Vol.3. Frank Cass Co. Ltd. 1977. |
| Gunst, Laurie |
Born Fi’ Dead: A Journey Through
the Jamaican Pose Underworld, Payback Press, 1985 |
| Hart, Richard |
Rise and Organise:
the Birth of the Worker’s
and National Movements in Jamaica (1936-1939) Karia Press,
1989. |
| **Hutton, Clinton |
“Notions of Freedom in Popular Jamaican
Music” |
| **Hutton, Clinton |
“The Cuban Influence on Popular Jamaican
Music” |
| Habekost, Christian |
Verbal Riddim:
The Politics and Aesthetics of African-Caribbean Dub
Poetry. Rodopi, 1993.
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| Vianna, Hermano |
The Mystery of Samba:
Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil . The Press University of the
West Indies , 1998. |
| Lewis, Rupert |
Walter Rodney’s Intellectual
and Political Thought. The Press UWI, 1998
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| Lindsay, Louis |
“The Myth of a Civilizing Mission
: British Colonialism and the Politics of Symbolic Manipulation” Working
Paper No. 31, ISER, 1981.
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Manuel, Peter /
Kenneth Bilby /
Michael Lange
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Caribbean Currents:
Caribbean Music From Rumba to Reggae, Temple University Press, 1987 (Chapter
7) |
| McCann, Ian |
Bob Marley in His
Own Words, Omnibus Press
1993. |
| Morris-Brown, Viven |
The Jamaica Handbook
of Proverbs, Island
heart Publications, 1993.
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| Morris, Mervyn |
It A Come: Poems
by Michael Smith, Race
Today Publications, 1986.
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| Munroe, Darwin |
“Riots in Post-Colonial Jamaica .” Mphill
Thesis, 1989 |
**Murrell, Nathaniel /
William Spencer /
Adrian McFarlane
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Chanting Down Babylon
: The Rastafari Reader Temple University Press, 1998 (Chapters 1,2,14,15,16) |
| Nettleford, Rex |
Inward Stretch
Outward Reach: A Voice From the Caribbean , McMillan Caribbean , 1993.
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| Nettleford, Rex |
Dance Jamaica :
Cultural Definition and Artistic Discovery: The National
Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica 1962-1983. Grove Press Inc., 1985
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| **Nettleford, Rex |
Mirror: Identity,
Race and Protest in Jamaica. 1970. Kingston
Publishers Ltd. 1998.
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| **Pereira, Joseph |
“Africanist Ideology in Jamaican
Popular Music” (a Paper Presented at the Conference
on the Caribbean Intellectual Traditions, Nov. 1998)
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| Post, Ken |
Arise Ye Starvelings:
The Jamaican Labour Rebellion of 1938 and its Aftermath. Martinus Nijhoff.
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| Rodney, Walter |
The Groundings
With My Brothers. 1969.
Bogle L’Ouverture Publications, 1990.
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| Rohlehr, Gordon |
Calypso & Society in Pre-Independence
Trinidad, Gordon Rohlehr 1990.
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| Sewell, Tony |
Garvey’s Children: The
Legacy of Marcus Garvey, Macmillan Caribbean , 1990
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| Stone, Carl |
Democracy and Clientelism in Jamaica |
| Waters, Anit |
Race, Class and
Political Symbols: Rastafari and Reggae in Jamaican
Politics, Transaction Books, 1985.
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| White, Timothy |
Catch a Fire: the
Life of Bob Marley, Corgi
Books 1983. |
| **White, Garth |
“The Evolution of Jamaica Music, Part
1: “Proto-Ska” to Ska in
Social & Economic
Studies Vol.47 No.1 March 1998. Special Issue on Reggae
Studies. Guest Editor Carolyn Cooper. |
| Webber, Thomas |
Deep Like the Rivers: Education in the
Slave Quarter Community 1831-1865
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** Required Texts.
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Note:
- Newspapers
and newsletters such as Abeng, Public Opinion and Rasta
Voice as well as industry and entertainment magazines such
as Beat, Reggae Report etc. must be considered as useful
source materials
- The Library of the Spoken Words (UWI Radio Unit) contains
recordings of popular Jamaican music as well as interviews,
lectures, and seminars relevant to this course. It is
very important that students make use of this facility.
- It would be very useful for students to listen to Memories
with Bob Clarke On Sundays on IRIE-FM and especially Rhythms
with Bunny Goodison on HOT 102 on Sundays.
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J. Niaah
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January 2005 |
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