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Reggae Month

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February, declared Reggae Month by the Jamaican government in 2008 and built around the birthdays of Bob Marley and Dennis Brown. It gathers concerts, symposia, awards and school programmes into one calendar, and is the main occasion on which the state treats the music as national heritage rather than as an export.

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Jamaica's Music Beyond The Icons | TVJ Smile Jamaica

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Official upload on the Television Jamaica channel (@TelevisionJamaica), published 30 January 2026. TVJ's own description: Ewan Simpson, Chairman of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association, on the impact of the reggae legends the music has lost, how their legacy can be honoured, and the next generation of musicians. Embedded as a reference, not rehosted.

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German Mag Rocks to the RIDDIM of Reggae Month

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Jamaica Gleaner entertainment desk.

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JIS — Reggae Month feature

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Clickable official Jamaican public-information source for Reggae Month context.

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Story · Well supportedReggae becomes 'heritage'

UNESCO's 2018 listing dignified the music worldwide - and started an argument about freezing a living culture.

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Reggae as tourism brand

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Community ownership

National branding can celebrate reggae while raising questions about community benefit, historical complexity and who gets paid when culture becomes promotion.

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