![]() ![]() One of the foremost experts on Bob Marley, Roger Steffens, calls Hajimichael’s book “a true revelation.” It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I will always remember it.” “Jamaica is a vibrant country where art, heritage, and culture are present everywhere. “Academically, I reached a pinnacle when I spoke about my new book,” he told Cyprus Mail. He was incredibly humbled to be one of the few non-Jamaican academics invited to deliver the talk. Even before the book was released in mid-February of this year, the Institute of Caribbean Studies at The University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica invited him to give the prestigious 26th Annual Bob Marley Lecture. His new book, Bob Marley and Media: Representation and Audiences, published by Rowman & Littlefield, aims to change this. Later on, I did a PhD in Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, which defined many aspects of my academic, cultural, and political perspectives all of that was happening parallel to my musical development as an artist and DJ.” ![]() “I earned a BA degree in Government Sociology and an MA in Literature at Essex University. “Very few people ask me about the various dimensions of my life they’re usually focused on one or two things,” he said.
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