The debate has intensified since lethal police raids in a slum that is the home turf of an alleged drugs and arms trafficker whose violent lifestyle is glorified in lyrics of a music called dancehall.
By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times
The Beat Magazine, an internationally distributed publication covering reggae, African, Caribbean and world music, closes down after 28 years.
We are very pleased and proud to announce a new feature at Afropop.org : reprints of selected articles from the late, lamented ma...