Jérémie K. Dagnini

Jérémie Kroubo Dagnini is a French scholar and a PhD in English studies from Bordeaux 3 University. He is a Jamaican popular music specialist and an associate researcher at the Center for Contemporary Political Studies at the University of Orléans (CEPOC). He is the author of numerous books and articles and has also translated the biography of Lee Scratch Perry written by journalist David Katz. He also co-wrote a documentary on reggae, "Le Souffle du reggae", directed by Jérémie Cuvillier and broadcast in 2016 on France Ô. In March 2017 he was distinguished by the Académie Charles Cros for his book Musiques noires. L'Histoire d'une résistance sonore (Éditions du Camion blanc (fr)). He regularly gives national and international conferences on reggae and jamaican music.

• Les Origines du reggae : Retour aux sources. Mento, ska, rocksteady, early reggae, L'Harmattan, 2008 ISBN 978-2-296-06252-8. Reissued by Éditions du Camion Blanc in 2013 (preface by professor Barry Chevannes).
• Vibrations jamaïcaines. L'Histoire des musiques populaires jamaïcaines au XXe siècle, Camion blanc, 2011 ISBN 978-2-35779-157-2.
• Lee "Scratch" Perry: People Funny Boy (translation). Author: David Katz, Camion blanc, 2012 ISBN 978-2-35779-220-3.
• Bob Marley & The Wailers: 1973-1976. Co-author: Lee Jaffe. Camion Blanc, 2013 ISBN 978-2-35779-273-9.
• Rasta & Résistance (directeur d'ouvrage et préface). Author : Horace Campbell. Camion blanc, 2014 ISBN 978-2-35779-499-3.
• DJs & toasters jamaïcains : 1970-1979. Co-author: Eric Doumerc. Camion Blanc, 2015 ISBN 978-2-35779-677-5.
• Musiques noires. L'Histoire d'une résistance sonore (directeur d'ouvrage). Camion blanc, 2016 ISBN 978-235779-872-4.

• Le Souffle du reggae, documentary directed by Jérémie Cuvillier and co-written with Jérémie Kroubo Dagnini. 52 mins (Theorem/ France Ô).