Rastafari: Roots and Ideology

Barry Chevannes
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
December 01 1994
EAN: 9780815602965
ISBN: 0815602960

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Synopsis: The first comprehensive work on the origins of the Jamaica-based Rastafaris, including interviews with some of the earliest members of the movement. Rastafari is a valuable work with a rich historical and ethnographic approach that seeks to correct several misconceptions in existing literature--the true origin of dreadlocks for instance. It will interest religion scholars, historians, scholars of Black studies, and a general audience interested in the movement and how Rastafarians settled in other countries.