Hip Deep October 6, 2016

State of Emergency: Reggae Reflections on Jamaica's Partisan Politics

This program delves into the way that Jamaican popular music has always sharply commented on partisan politics in Jamaica while also revealing that Jamaican politicians have often attempted to co-opt and subvert reggae’s liberating messages for their own purposes.

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