Exhibit

Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is the birthplace of reggae, ska, and dancehall, with dub as a studio-born extension of that lineage. Archive notables Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and Burning Spear mark the reggae relation graph for this region. Reggae’s UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status (2018), recorded in this exhibit’s fun fact, underscores how far Jamaican sound culture has traveled.

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Jamaica is the birthplace of reggae, ska, and dancehall, with dub as a studio-born extension of that lineage. Archive notables Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and Burning Spear mark the reggae relation graph for this region. Reggae’s UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status (2018), recorded in this exhibit’s fun fact, underscores how far Jamaican sound culture has traveled.

Historical context

Jamaica is the birthplace of reggae, ska, and dancehall, with dub as a studio-born extension of that lineage. Archive notables Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and Burning Spear mark the reggae relation graph for this region. Reggae’s UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status (2018), recorded in this exhibit’s fun fact, underscores how far Jamaican sound culture has traveled. Leading documented genres in this exhibit include Reggae, Ska, Dancehall, Dub.

Specimen note

Reggae was declared a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2018.

Genres

  • Reggae
  • Ska
  • Dancehall
  • Dub

Highlight instruments

Open instrument catalog