ENTITY · EVENT / DANCE
International Reggae and World Music Awards
Well supported
The International Reggae and World Music Awards, founded in 1982 by Ephraim Martin and staged mainly out of Chicago. For years it was one of the few award platforms that took reggae seriously as a field rather than a category, and its lists are a useful record of who the industry considered significant in any given year.
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- Well supported
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Awards are reception, not final proof
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Industry recognition
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Community influence
Awards such as Grammy, IRAWMA and JaRIA honours are useful reception evidence but should be interpreted alongside local archives, recordings, press and community memory.
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