The author of a thesis on the history of Jamaican popular music, Jérémie Kroubo has drawn a book from it, "Vibrations jamaïcaines". A 768-page magnum opus that goes back over every branch of the reggae tree (mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, DJ, dancehall), and places them in their sociopolitical and cultural context of the time.
A doctor of Anglo-Saxon languages, literatures and civilisations, Jérémie Kroubo wrote "Les origines du reggae : retour aux sources. Mento, ska, rocksteady, early reggae" in 2008, published by L’Harmattan. He currently teaches at the Université des Antilles et de la Guyane in Martinique.
With "Vibrations Jamaïcaines", Jérémie Kroubo narrates the long history of Jamaican music, a "history of transfers, exchanges, resonances and contacts between peoples and civilisations", told with an ethnomusicological approach.
Rastafarianism, Bob Marley & The Wailers, dancehall culture or the links between the skinhead, punk and reggae movements: the book shies away from no subject. With, as a bonus, a history of the French-speaking reggae scene, and a look at the reggae cultures of Africa, Oceania and Asia.
For all reggae lovers, an ideal gift to put under the tree…
Vibrations Jamaïcaines – L'histoire des musiques populaires jamaïcaines au XXe siècle
Available on 15 December 2011 from Camion Blanc.
768 pages.