Reggae historian Roger Steffens seeks Jamaican buyer for archives after Bogdanovich deal collapses
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BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer [email protected]
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Reggae historian Roger Steffens has offered to sell his world-famous reggae archives to Jamaican interests at a discounted price after negotiations with businessman Josef Bogdanovich fell through in 2024. The vast collection, housed at Steffens' Los Angeles home, was previously reported as a sealed deal by Bogdanovich, but the sale ultimately collapsed. Steffens is now seeking Jamaican buyers to keep the archives accessible to researchers and the public.
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· 3 pulledReggae historian Roger Steffens has offered to sell his world-famous archives to Jamaican interests at 'an incredibly discounted price'
Steffens and Bogdanovich were in talks for several years for the latter to purchase the vast collection, which is at Steffens' Los Angeles home
In July 2024 Bogdanovich told the Jamaica Observer that a deal was sealed, but in an...
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