"Locating the Japanese and the Jamaican in Japanese Reggae/Dancehall" is the titled of the public lecture being hosted by the Department of Literatures in English, UWI, Mona  on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 6 pm at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1), UWI, Mona. The Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Noriko Manabe, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Princeton University while on a research visit to Jamaica to work on a book on musical subcultures in Japan, including the reggae/dancehall scene.

Her Lecture will explore the perceived similarities between Japanese and Jamaican Patios, the global appeal of reggae/ dancehall and the history of Japanese reggae/dancehall.

The public is invited to attend. For more information interested persons may telephone 927-2217.