Jamaican Reggae Artiste, Tanya Stephens to lecture at UWI........

On Thursday, March 31, Tanya Stephens will give a public lecture in the Assembly Hall on the topic, ‘Music, the Power to Shape Societies’, hosted by the Department of Literatures in English.

Ms Stephens is one of the songwriters whose lyrics are studied in the department’s innovative course, ‘Reggae Poetry’. The other prescribed poets this year are Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse and Buju Banton.

Stephens’ lecture marks the revival of the brilliant public forums on ‘Women in Reggae’ that used to be hosted by the Reggae Studies Unit at UWI to mark International Women’s Month. The first forum, held almost a decade ago in March 2002, was organised by Ibo Cooper, who was then a research fellow in the unit.

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Reggae Star Smiley Culture Dies In Drugs Raid ......

British reggae star DJ Smiley Culture has died during a police drugs raid on his home.

Smiley Culture died after officers swooped on his home in Surrey

The musician, real name David Emmanuel, 48, apparently died from self-inflicted wounds.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation, after the incident was voluntarily reported to it by Scotland Yard.

FANS DEFEND RAGGA....

Kingsley 'Ragashanti' Stewart

Fans of Ragashanti have been voicing their disapproval since the Broadcasting Commission issued directives that Ragashanti Live be taken off air effective today.

Yesterday, the Broadcasting Commission sent out a release stating that the show, which is hosted by Dr Kingsley 'Ragashanti' Stewart and aired weekdays between 1 and 5 p.m, be removed from Nationwide News Network (NNN). Since then, fans of the host and regular listeners of the show have been expressing shock at the news.

LAST EDITION OF RAGASHANTI LIVE MARCH 14 2011 (AUDIO)

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