Alleyne, Mervin C. Roots of Jamaican Culture. Pluto, 1988.

Bakan, Abigail B. Ideology and Class Conflict in Jamaica: The Politics of Rebellion. McGill-Queens University Press, 1990.

Barrow, Steve & Peter Dalton. The Rough Guide to Reggae: The Definitive Guide to Jamaican Music, from Ska Through Roots to Ragga. Rough Guides Ltd., 2001.

Cezair-Thompson, Margaret. The True History of Paradise: A Novel. Dutton Press, 1999.

Chevannes, Barry. Rastafari: Roots and Ideology. Syracuse University Press, 1994.

Cooper, Carolyn. Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender and the "Vulgar" Body of Jamaican Popular Culture. Duke University Press, 1995.

Davis, Stephen and Peter Simon. Reggae Bloodlines: In Search of the Music and Culture of Jamaica. De Capo Press, New York. 1992.

Hausman, Gerald, ed. The Kebra Nagast; The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith from Ethiopia and Jamaica. Saint Martin's Press, 1997.

Henry, Paget. Caliban's Reason; Introducing Afro-Caribbean Philosophy. Routledge, 2000.

Isbister, John ed. Promises Not Kept; Betrayal of Social Change in the Third World. 2001

Kempadoo, Kamala, ed. Sun, Sex and Gold. 1999

Kincaid, Jamaica. A Small Place. The Penguin Group. 1989.

Levi, Darrell E. Michael Manley: The Making of a Leader. University of Georgia Press, 1990.

Obika. Radicalism and Social Change in Jamaica, 1960-1972. University of Tennessee Press, 1991.

Sherlock, Phillip and Hazel Bennett. The Story of the Jamaican People. Ian Randle Publishers, 1998.

Stolzoff, Norman C. Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica. Duke University Press, 2000.

Websites

www.discoverjamaica.com
www.homeviewjamaica.com
www.jahworks.org

Music (by artist and genre):

Roots Reggae:
Bob Marley
Peter Tosh
Burning Spear
Dennis Brown

Dancehall:
Buju Banton
Sizzla
Capleton
Bounty Killer
Lady Saw

Movies:

Life and Debt
The Harder They Come
Dancehall Queen
Third World Cop
Country Man