Bob Marley will be the main theme of courses taught at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University, from 7 to 26 January 2013.
English journalist and musicologist Vivien Goldman has decided to focus on the Jamaican singer in a course entitled "Bob Marley & Post-colonial Music", explaining, among other things, how the Jamaican icon "became a musical and revolutionary leader of the 20th century."
Nicknamed the "Punk Professor", she will tackle various themes linked to the singer, such as Jamaican history and culture, the ties between Jamaica and Great Britain, the evolution of "Nesta" as a musician and songwriter, his collaborations with the Wailers and Lee Perry, his constant struggle to keep control of his music, and his commitment to Pan-Africanism and the rasta way of life.
Head of public relations for Island Records in London in the 1970s, Vivien Goldman has already written two books on Bob Marley: "Bob Marley: Soul Rebel – Natural Mystic", in 1981, and "The Book of Exodus : The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley & the Wailers' Album of the Century", in 2006.
More information on Vivien Goldman on her official website