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MUSIC_________________________________________________________________________

REGGAE EXPLOSION THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC CHRIS SALEWICZ & ADRIAN BOOT HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC., PUBLISHERS 2001 A complete history of Jamaican music from Mento to Modern Dancehall. An interesting read and huge picture.	THE ROUGH GUIDE TO REGGAE THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO JAMAICAN MUSIC, FROM SKA THROUGH ROOTS TO RAGGA STEVE BARROW & PETER DALTON ROUGH GUIDES LTD. LONDON 2001 Crucial doesn't half describe it. A sort of Bible for every collector. Here you will find almost everything.	REGGAE 100 ESSENTIAL CD'S STEVE BARROW & PETER DALTON ROUGH GUIDES LTD. LONDON 1999 Everyone has his own 100's best Reggae records. These are Barrow & Dalton choices. Detailed reviews of 100 recordings plus some crucial info about the artists and the producers. Plus there is a second choice for every album which means that at the end you have 200 records to choose from.

BASS CULTURE WHEN REGGAE WAS KING LLOYD BRADLEY PENGUIN BOOKS 2000 Reviewed as "A comprensive history of Jamaica's principal 20th century art form - Reggae." A 540 pages book full of history. A long reading to "overstand" what happened in Reggae and in Jamaican society too.	REGGAE ROUTES THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC KEVIN O'BRIEN CHANG & WAYNE CHEN IAN RANDLE PUBLISHERS, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 1998 The first book ever written by Jamaicans about the history of Jamaican music. Here all is seen through the Jamaican perspective. Unreplaceable for this reason. 250 pages from "Kumina to Mento, Ska to Rocksteady, Reggae to Dancehall, Roots to Ragga".	SOLID FOUNDATION AN ORAL HISTORY OF REGGAE DAVID KATZ BLOOMSBURY 2003 Conversations with the top artists, producers, engineers and people involved in the Reggae Music industry. Unmissable.

REGGAE, RASTA, REVOLUTION JAMAICAN MUSIC FROM SKA TO DUB CHRIS POTASH BOOKS WITH ATTITUDE 1997 Music, identity, politics, and religion. That kind of book to take a look to from time to time to find some new helpful informations.	DANCEHALL THE RISE OF JAMAICAN DANCEHALL CULTURE BETH LESSER SOUL JAZZ PUBLISHING 2008 History of Dancehall. From the 70's to its golden 80's. A seminal investigation on one of the most enduring genre inside the Jamaican musical history. Great (and also huge) pictures.	REGGAE & CARIBBEAN MUSIC DAVE THOMPSON BACKBEAT BOOKS 2002 An account on the region's music with particular attention to Jamaica. Albums reviews and in interesting section on the top producers careers.
ARTISTS_______________________________________________________________________

ONE LOVE LIFE WITH BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS LEE JAFFE W.W. NORTON & COMPANY 2003 Life of BMW through the words and pictures of the author. A selfish book with very nice pictures.	NO WOMAN, NO CRY MY LIFE WITH BOB MARLEY RITA MARLEY WITH HETTIE JONES SIDGWICK & JACKSON 2004 Rita's point of view. Judge by yourself.	MARLEY AND ME DON TAYLOR LMH PUBLISHING 1994 Don's point of view. Judge by yourself. An interesting book to understand jamaican mentality.

BOB MARLEY TIMOTHY WHITE UNIVERSALE ECONOMICA FELTRINELLI 1983 Biography of Marley. Considered a starting point to approach the life of Marley.	MARLEY LEGEND AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF BOB MARLEY JAMES HENKE SIMON & SCHUSTR 2006 Illustrated biography of Bob Marley. This book features rarely seen pictures and over twenty hands-on reproductions of various material. The book contains an audio CD too with the Neville Willoughby 1973 interview which was already released as "Bob Marley interviews..." and an interview about the 1979 "Survival" set. This interview is worth the price of the book.	THE BOOK OF EXODUS THE MAKING & MEANING OF BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS ALBUM OF THE CENTURY VIVIEN GOLDMAN AURUM 2006 Chronicles from Jamaica and London (UK) during the making of the top acclaimed "Exodus" album.

AFRICA UNITE IL SOGNO DI BOB MARLEY ALBERTO CASTELLI E MARIA CARLA GULLOTTA ARCANA 2005 Chronicles from Addis Ababa and Jamaica.	BOB MARLEY SPIRIT DANCER BRUCE W. TALAMON (Text by Roger Steffens - Foreword by Timothy White) NORTON 1994 A photographic and textual meditation on the life of a legend.	BOB MARLEY THE UNTOLD STORY CHRIS SALEWICZ HARPER COLLINS 2009 Bob Marley's story from the point of view of the great Salewicz. Unmissable!

PEOPLE FUNNY BOY THE GENIUS OF LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY DAVID KATZ OMIBUS PRESS 2006 The life of the most incredible producer, musical milestone and pure genius character Lee Perry.	DUB SOUNDSCAPES & SHATTERED SONGS IN JAMAICAN REGGAE MICHAEL E. VEAL WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS 2007 An outstanding research by Veal, associate professor of ethnomusicology at Yale University.
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BROTHER MAN ROGER MAIS MACMILLAN CARIBBEAN 2004 Originally published in 1954, this classic Jamaican fiction tells the adventures of an honest Rastaman caught up in the West Kingston ghetto. Mythic powers of a ghetto hero and bad men in a tale that stood the test of time.	ONE PEOPLE GUY KENNAWAY PAYBACK PRESS 1997 An extremely funny novel about a small village in Jamaica. If you gathered around the real Jamaica you will recognize all the characters as real. Prepare yourself to laugh a lot.	THE HARDER THEY COME MICHAEL THELWELL GROVE PRESS 1980 A novel about the exploits of the legendary jamaican folk hero Rhygin. Beautiful.
SOCIAL & POLITICS____________________________________________________________

THE DEAD YARD TALES OF MODERN JAMAICA IAN THOMSON FABER AND FEBER 2009 This contemporary field research tries to understand the actual social situation of that beautiful and tough place called Jamaica. Controversial but at the same time unmissable. Do not read it before your first visit to Jamaica. You could get the wrong impression or worst: get scared. Explore Ja, and you will find marvellous people and places.	BORN FI' DEAD LAURIE GUNST CANONGATE 1995 A frightening journey through the "yardie" gangsters underworld between Jamaica and the USA.	RUDE BOY ONCE UPON A TIME IN JAMAICA CHRIS SALEWICZ VICTOR GALLONCZ 2000 Travelogue, history, memories of the author about his jamaican experiences. Salewicz knows what he is talking about.

TEACHA COL. C. L. G. HARRIS PUBLISHING DESIGN INC. 2004 The life of Col. C.L.G. Harris, Chief of the Windward Maroons. A book about a pure hearted man. Someone can breathe JA through these pages. Brilliant.	CARIBBEAN CULTURAL IDENTITY THE CASE OF JAMAICA - AN ESSAY IN CULTURAL DYNAMICS REX M. NETTLEFORD IAN RANDLE PUBLISHERS 2003 Unmissable essay on Jamaican cultural identity and its dynamics.	INNA DI DANCEHALL POPULAR CULTURE AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN JAMAICA DONNA P. HOPE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES PRESS 2006 Hope explores the sociopolitical meanings of Jamaica's Dancehall culture. Unmissable if you are interested in understanding Jamaica's contemporary culture.
HISTORY______________________________________________________________________

THE STORY OF THE JAMAICAN PEOPLE PHILIP SHERLOCK & HAZEL BENNETT IAN RANDLE PUBLISHERS, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 1998 History of Jamaica written from the Jamaican perspective.	A SHORT HISTORY OF SLAVERY JAMES WALVIN PENGUIN 2007 History of slavery. Focused particularly on the British involvement. If you are white, this book will make you feel ashamed. If you are black you know how it was, read it and then go for Marcus Garvey teachings. If you haven't done it yet.	A HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA HAROLD G. MARCUS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, BERKELEY, U.S.A., 2002 (Updated edition) History of Ethiopia, the oldest African nation.
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THE KEBRA NAGAST SIXTH CENTURY C.E. ST. MARTIN PRESS A mystic loop voyage between Ethiopia and Israel. As a Rastafarian you should know what the text talks about.	HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION The mystic loop voyage in Israel.	THE ETHIOPIAN TEWAHEDO CHURCH AN INTEGRALLY AFRICAN CHURCH ARCHBISHOP YESEHAQ DIOCESE OF THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURC IN THE WESTERN EMISPHERE 200? The Ethiopian Tewahedo Church poin of view.

THE PHILOSOPHY & THE OPINIONS OF MARCUS GARVEY OR, AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS MARCUS GARVEY COMPILED BY AMY JACQUES GARVEY THE MAJORITY PRESS 1923 - 1925 Marcus Mosiah Garvey speeches and thoughts. The starting point for a new vision. Founder of the "Universal Negro Improvement Association - U.N.I.A." and advocate of universal black repatriation. Regarded as The Prophet by Rastafarians M.M. Garvey is a National Hero for jamaicans, Rastafarians or not. The Black conscience starts here. Give thanks.	DREAD THE RASTAFARIANS OF JAMAICA JOSEPH OWENS SANGSTER 1976 A very deep account of the Rastafarians. Pure and clear approach to Rastafari. Written with the will to learn.	RASTAFARI ROOTS AND IDEOLOGY BARRY CHEVANNES SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1994 A sweeping deep look into the origins and practices of Rastafari. Professor Alston "Barry" Chevannes is a top rated resercher at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, JA. He has made signal contribution as an authority on Rastafarianism throughout his publications. Read, learn, think and go check on field by yourself.

THE RASTAFARIANS LEONARD E. BARRETT BEACON PRESS 1997 The classic work on the history and the beliefs of the Rastafarians. This stands at the Chevannes book level.	THE EARTH MOST STRANGEST MAN: THE RASTAFARIAN MORTIMO PLANNO PRIVATE EDITION 1969 NEVER OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED Rastafari through the eyes of one of the greatest elders. Planno was one of the founding members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jamaica. He was a founding member of the Rastafari Movement Association, which held the Ethiopian World Federation Charter 37, and was a driving force behind the first Universal Grounation of Rastafari in Back-O-Wall (now Tivoli Gardens, Kingston) in 1958.	THE FIRST RASTA LEONARD HOWELL AND THE RISE OF RASTAFARIANISM HELENE LEE CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS 1999 Life and thoughts of the founding father of the Rastafarians. Explicit thoughts.

RASTAFARI V.A. Caribbean Quarterly - Monograph 1985 University of the West Indies Press, Kingston, JA Accounts, analyses, critiques on the Rastafari movement. A high level enquire from the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.	REPORT ON THE RASTAFARI MOVEMENT IN KINGSTON JAMAICA M. G. SMITH, ROY AUGIER AND REX NETTLEFORD INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF THE WEST INDIES 1960 In 1960 a group of Rastafarians led by the late Mortimo Planno urged the institutions to seriously face the emergence of Rastafari. Smith, Augier and Nettleford's research is the starting point for any serious discussion on Rastafari.