The inaugural Summer Programme on Rastafari and Reggae is sponsored by the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. The programme’s model is a combination of academic and experiential learning and will feature a who’s-who of experts steeped in the metaphysical, political, social and cultural application of the meanings embedded in these phenomena.

Rastafari and Reggae are central to any critical analysis of the evolution of the Jamaican nation in general and its popular culture in particular. Defying homogeneity these themes embody struggles for self-actualisation waged for five centuries by enslaved Africans. Through the exploration of these related concepts, the program will demonstrate that despite systematic displacement and dispossession, the majority African population constructed a continuum of resistance that culminated in the creation of Rastafari and its culturally communicative progeny of Reggae music.

Duration: 6 weeks (36 Hours)
Start Date: May 29, 2008
End Date: July 12, 2008
(Travel Dates: May 29 and July 12)
Academic Value: 6 Credits

Each course consists of four (4) hours of lectures and two (2) hours of tutorials each week. Foreign students will have two additional hours each week for debriefing. Students may select two courses from the group to satisfy the contact hour requirements for six credits. The courses will be taught in parallel components over the six-week period.

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For further information contact the ICS at 977-1951, 512-3228 or E-mail icsmona@uwimona.edu.jm