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Article: REGGAE MUSIC; REGGAE WISDOM: SEPT. 2
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Pennsylvania State University at McKeesport issued the following news release:
Dr. Clifford Manlove, associate professor of English, will be hosting a reggae music party on Tuesday September 2 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. on the Buck Green between the Student Community Center (SCC) and Main Building. Be sure to sample the Caribbean food available in Cafe Metro in the SCC while enjoying the music. This event, along with a Haitian art exhibit, opens this year's focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dr. Manlove provides this background on reggae:
A moving and easily identifiable music, reggae also inevitably tells stories--whose narratives and sacred roots are often missed for the enjoyable beat. ...