ROTOTOM REGGAE UNIVERSITY 2008

! ! July 4 FROM RUDE BOYS TO SHOTTAS Violence and Alienation in Jamaican Cultural Expression Lecture, film-shoots and selected music by !Marlene Calvin JA/DE July 5 RASTAFARI - Unity and Diversity of a Global Philosophy with prof Werner Zips from the University of Wien, Bob Andy, Sydney Salmon, Jamaican artist who lives in Shashamane, and Leila Worku, director of the Ethiopia’s Bright Millennium Campaign. Film shoots from “Rastafari: Death to Black and White !Downpressors” by Werner Zip July 6 REGGAE IN ITALY with Bunna of Africa Unite, Treble, former SudSoundSystem and nowadays producer, Jaka, entertainer, singer and radio dee-jay, Paolo Baldini, members of Train To Roots, Suoni Mudù, Villa Ada Posse, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Anzikitanza, the singers of Big Island Records, Filippo Giunta (Rototom), Steve Giant (Rasta Snob), Vito War (Reggae Radio Station on Popolare Network), Macromarco (Gramigna Sound), Lampadread (OneLoveHi Powa).

July 10 ROOTS MUSIC IN THE DANCEHALL !with Michael Rose and Alborosie ! ! July 10 DEEP ROOTS MUSIC A meeting with Howard Johnson, film-maker !and director of “DeepRootsMusic” ! July 7 FEMALE REGGAE A Change of Position from Margin to Centre? with Jamaican artist Ce’Cile, Yaz Alexander, from UK, The Reggae Girls from Italy, and The Serengeti from Sweden. !Dub-poetry performance by Jazzmine TuTum ! July 7 NEW TRENDS IN THE DANCEHALL with Wayne Marshall, Bugle, Teflon, !and Daseca producers ! July 8 EVERLASTING FOUNDATION The Crucial Role of Musicians In Jamaica with Dean Frazer, Tarrus Riley, and !Duane Stephenson. ! July 9 DUB CONFERENCE with prof Michael E. Veal (Yale University), Adrian Sherwood (founder of the On-U Sound), Alpha & Omega, Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah of African Head Charge, Dan I of Imperial Sound Army, !Moa Anbessa, Dread Movement ! ! July 9 RODIGAN SALUTE with David Rodigan in occasion of his 30th anniversary in the music biz, and !Michael Veal (Yale University) July 10 A MEETING WITH THE JAMAICA’S MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, CULTURE, YOUTHS, SPORT, AND GENDER AFFAIRS With Mrs Olivia “Babsy” Grange, former music producer, cultural promoter, social !worker and activist. July 11 EUROPEAN REGGAE with Olaf Karnik, journalist and co-author of the book “Reggae in Deutschland”, Brook Demissie of Sony BMG Germany, the representatives of the festivals involved in the 2008 Reggae Contest: ReggaeSunSka in France, ReggaeJam in Germany, SilkeborgReggae in Denmark, ReedsOpen- Air in Switzerland, HouseOf Riddim Festival in Austria, Rainer Diehm (Rototom), and !the finalist bands of the 2008 contest. July 12 WAILIN’BLUES The Story Of Bob Marley’s Wailers with John Masouri, Junior Marvin Wailers’ guitar player, Fully Fullwood, Tony Chin of Soul Syndicate, with Peter Tosh on the album "Word Sound & Power"