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  • Bob Marley

    The Untold Story

    What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock’n’roll?How is that he has not only remained the single most successful reggae artist ever, but has also become a shining beacon of radicalism and peace to generation after generation of fans across the globe?On May 11, 1981, a little after 11.30 in the morning, Bob Marley died. The man who introduced reggae to a ... Read more

    R173,64

  • Remembering Peter Tosh

    As one-third of the Wailers, icons of reggae music, the late Winston Hubert McIntosh, better known as Peter Tosh, continues to gain many fans all over the world. By way of his hugely successful solo career, many people knew Tosh to be a hard-hitting, unapologetic and controversial artiste, who spoke the truth in his lyrics and brought attention to the plight of the poor and downtrodden, both at ... Read more

    R182,47

  • Bob Marley and Media

    Representation and Audiences

    Series series Popular Musics Matter: Social, Political and Cultural Interventions
    Bob Marley and Media: Representation and Audiences presents an analysis of how media, radio, television and print represented Bob Marley, including his popularity after his death. Mike Hajimichael examines unexplored connections between Bob Marley and media representation and the specifics of audiences, including coverage in tabloids, music magazines, and fanzines, as well as radio and television ... Read more

    R500,58

  • The Islander

    My Life in Music and Beyond

    An Uncut Magazine Book of the YearA Telegraph Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the Year'An adventurer, an entrepreneur, a buccaneer, a visionary' - BONOAs the founder of Island Records, renowned music producer Chris Blackwell has discovered and worked with some of the most legendary artists of the second half of the twentieth century - from Steve Winwood to Cat Stevens, Bob Marley to ... ... Read more

    R122,46

  • Buyers Beware

    Insurgency and Consumption in Caribbean Popular Culture

    Series series Critical Caribbean Studies
    Buyers Beware offers a new perspective for critical inquiries about the practices of consumption in (and of) Caribbean popular culture. The book revisits commonly accepted representations of the Caribbean from “less respectable” segments of popular culture such as dancehall culture and 'sistah lit' that proudly jettison any aspirations toward middle-class respectability. Treating these pop ... Read more

    R569,24

  • Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe

    Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and Jazz

    **'**Essential reading: the making of history as it was happening. Vivien was there' JARVIS COCKERVivien Goldman was the first, most passionate and indubitably the most elegant chronicler of reggae, funk, free jazz and Afrobeat music: a pioneering female writer who shaped the Golden Age of music journalism in her image. Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe collects Goldman's extraordinary output from ... Read more

    R294,85

  • Listen to Bob Marley

    The Man, the Music, the Revolution

    by Kris Greene ...
    An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation. Known worldwide for their message of peace and unity, Marley's songs—from "One Love" to "Redemption Song" to "Three Little Birds"—have touched millions of lives. This collection is the best of Bob Marley presented in three ... Read more

    R230,22 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rhythms of Rebellion: A Beginner's Guide to Reggae Music

    Rhythms of Rebellion: A Beginner's Guide to Reggae Music offers a comprehensive exploration of the vibrant world of reggae, from its roots in Jamaica to its global influence on music, culture, and social change. Through ten chapters filled with historical insights, musical analysis, artist profiles, and cultural commentary, readers will embark on a journey through the rhythmic landscape of reggae ... Read more

    R79,26 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Time and memory in reggae music

    The politics of hope

    by Sarah Daynes ...
    Series series Music and Society
    On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970s and late 1990s, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory, hope and redemption in reggae music. From Dennis Brown to Sizzla, the way in which reggae music constructs a musical, religious and socio-political memory in rupture with dominant models is vividly illustrated by the lyrics themselves. How is the past remembered in the present? ... Read more

    R408,47

  • Young, Gifted & Black: The Story of Trojan Records

    When it was formed, Trojan Records epitomised the punk DIY ethic over a decade before 1976. With a blizzard of individual labels and a marketing strategy that involved selling product out of the backs of vans, the company spearheaded the injection of reggae and ska into the vein of British youth consciousness.In its first brief six-year incarnation, Trojan produced nearly 30 hit singles, created ... Read more

    R175,25

  • Rodigan

    My Life in Reggae

    by David Rodigan ...
    'THE BOOK THAT EVERY REGGAE FAN SHOULD READ' John Masouri, Echoes'Rodigan can still claim a currency few presenters of his vintage can match. Perhaps it's because while his wider musical and professional milieu has been in constant change, his boundless enthusiasm has been constant. Reggae's been lucky to have him' Ian Harrison, MOJO'Rodigan was a major part of my childhood, he played the hottest ... Read more

    R248,27

  • Redemption songs

    La Bibbia secondo Bob Marley

    Series series Maestri di frontiera
    A oltre quarant'anni dalla morte, Bob Marley continua a esercitare un notevole fascino, anche sulle nuove generazioni. Ma quanto di ciò che si associa comunemente al "personaggio Marley" corrisponde alla sua vita e alle sue idee? Spesso la sua figura è ridotta a icona del consumo di marijuana o di una qualche vaga idea di giustizia sociale e di lotta al razzismo. Raramente, per non dire mai, si ... Read more

    Was R215,34 Now R187,25

  • Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers

    by John Masouri ...
    This full-blooded story of The Wailers puts the life, music and death of the legendary Bob Marley into a razor-sharp new perspective.The Wailers played with Marley on all of the hit singles and albums that made him a legend, yet their story since his death is a little-known saga of betrayal, greed and murder that is told here in its entirety for the first time.Written in collaboration with Aston ... Read more

    R175,36

  • London

    Immigrant City

    Translated by Alison McCullough ...
    TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more. The book is difficult to put it down'Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York'The ... Read more

    R279,32

  • Bob Marley: The Complete Guide to his Music

    The indispensable guide to the music of Bob Marley. An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by Marley and the Wailers from the early sessions in Jamaica to the Island recordings and compilations released after Marley's death.Featuring details of Marley's recordings for Studio One, Leslie Kong, Lee Perry, Island and Tuff Gong Productions, this is the ultimate gift for ... Read more

    R175,36

  • Bob Marley: Visual Music

    by David Brooks ...
    As a young photography student in 1980, David Jamaica Brooks struck gold and was personally invited to tour the US with Bob Marley and the Wailers.Marley had to cut the tour short, due to illness, and, tragically, the performances were his last.This is the amazing story of how a student found himself on tour with Bob Marley and the Wailers and the memorable road trip, alongside David Brooks iconic ... Read more

    R182,47 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I & I: The Natural Mystics

    Marley, Tosh and Wailer

    by Colin Grant ...
    Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trench Town R&B crooners, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to become the Wailers - one of the most influential groups in popular music. Now one of our best and brightest non-fiction writers examines for the first time the story of the legendary reggae band ... Read more

    R294,73

  • Rough Riding

    Tanya Stephens and the Power of Music to Transform Society

    Series series Sound Culture Series
    Rough Riding: Tanya Stephens and the Power of Music to Transform Society is a groundbreaking collection of articles that explore the contribution of the cultural worker, feminist organic intellectual, and controversial reggae and dancehall artiste Tanya Stephens. An accomplished lyricist on par with the genre’s celebrated male performers, Stephens has been producing socially conscious and ... Read more

    R155,12

  • Archipelagos of Sound

    Transnational Caribbeanities, Women and Music

    Edited by Ifeona Fulani ...
    This book speaks to the remarkable global reach and influence of Caribbean musics and investigates Caribbean women, music and identity. ... Read more

    R155,12

  • So Much Things to Say

    The Oral History of Bob Marley

    “Reggae’s chief eyewitness, dropping testimony on reggae’s chief prophet with truth, blood, and fire.” —Marlon James, Man Booker Prize–winning authorRenowned reggae historian Roger Steffens’s riveting oral history of Bob Marley’s life draws on four decades of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers, and confidants—many speaking publicly for the first time. Hailed by the New York ... Read more

    R263,68

  • No Woman No Cry

    My Life with Bob Marley

    A revealing memoir of Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley from the woman who knew him better than anyone—his wife.Rita Marley met Bob Marley in a recording studio in Trench Town, Jamaica when she was eighteen. A year later, they were married. The two of them set the world on fire. But life with Bob was not easy.Written with author Hettie Jones, No Woman No Cry is an honest account of Bob and Rita’s ... Read more

    R129,36

  • Listen to Bob Marley

    The Man, the Music, the Revolution

    by Kris Greene ...
    An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation. Known worldwide for their message of peace and unity, Marley's songs—from "One Love" to "Redemption Song" to "Three Little Birds"—have touched millions of lives. This collection is the best of Bob Marley presented in three ... Read more

    R240,91 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sufferah

    Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head

    by Alex Wheatle ...
    "One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news**"A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle's compassion shines through the pain" Observer"Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception" JEFFREY BOAKYE**In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood ... Read more

    R248,27

  • Babylon East

    Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan

    An important center of dancehall reggae performance, sound clashes are contests between rival sound systems: groups of emcees, tune selectors, and sound engineers. In World Clash 1999, held in Brooklyn, Mighty Crown, a Japanese sound system and the only non-Jamaican competitor, stunned the international dancehall community by winning the event. In 2002, the Japanese dancer Junko Kudo became the ... Read more

    R510,70