Global Reggae is a treasure and a testament to a genre of music that was birthed in the nation Jamaica and has impacted the world at large. It is a collection of fourteen plenary lectures delivered at a conference called “Global Reggae” held at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Jamaica.

The philosophical issues relating to liberation as social and political ideal are logical, epistemological, metaphysical, existential and ethical. The question, “what is liberation?” is a logical question because it raises the issue of meaning and the type of reasoning that is unique to liberation discourse.