The Rastafari movement developed out of the legacy of the Atlantic slave trade, in which over ten million Africans were enslaved and transported to the...
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Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious...
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Mansions of Rastafari is an umbrella term for the various groups of the Rastafari movement. Such groups include the Bobo Ashanti, the Niyabinghi, the Twelve...
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Persecution of members of the Rastafari movement, an Abrahamic religion founded in Jamaica in the early 1930s among Afro-Jamaican communities, has been...
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Rastafari movement. It represents Emperor Haile Selassie I as well as being a symbol of strength, kingship, pride and African sovereignty. Rastafari consider...
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Haile Selassie (redirect from The Rastafari Messiah)
he is accorded divine importance in Rastafari, a relatively new Abrahamic religion that emerged in the Colony of Jamaica in the 1930s. A few years before...
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Iyaric (redirect from Rastafari vocabulary)
of language constructed by members of the Rastafari movement through alteration of vocabulary. When Africans were taken into captivity as a part of the...
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Black nationalism (redirect from History of Black nationalism)
Retrieved 21 July 2020. Francis, Wigmoore (30 June 2013). "Towards a Pre-History of Rastafari". Caribbean Quarterly. 59 (2): 51–72. doi:10.1080/00086495.2013.11672483...
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Zion (redirect from Daughter of Zion)
Wailers In Rastafari, "Zion" stands for a utopian place of unity, peace and freedom, as opposed to "Babylon", the oppressing and exploiting system of the materialistic...
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Dreadlocks (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2024)
apparently coined it in 1959 as a reference to their "dread", or fear, of God. Rastafari developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, decades before the Mau Mau rebellion...
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The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. It overlaps or coincides with the development...
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The Rastafari movement in the United States echoes the Rastafari religious movement, which began in Jamaica and Ethiopia during the 1930s. Marcus Garvey...
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1998) was a Jamaican Rastafari elder. He was well known in Kingston for his politics after he participated in the elections of 1961 with his Suffering...
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Chillum (category Culture of India)
the stem. The style of pipe spread to Africa, and has been known in the Americas since the 1960s. A chillum pipe is used in Rastafari rituals. According...
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Calling Rastafari is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released on August 24, 1999 through Heartbeat Records. Recording sessions...
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Jah (category Rastafari)
is frequently employed by adherents of Rastafari to refer to God. The name of the national god of the kingdoms of Israel (Samaria) and Judah is written...
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The history of Islam concerns the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments of the Islamic civilization. Most historians believe...
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Pan-African colours (category Rastafari)
similarly used as a symbol by many Pan-African organisations and the Rastafari movement. Red, black, and green, first introduced by Marcus Garvey in...
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Religion in Jamaica (redirect from Freedom of religion in Jamaica)
Church (Kingston), and St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church (Trelawny). The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s...
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concerned the constitutionality of criminalising cannabis given Rastafaris' constitutional right to freedom of religion. A majority of the court held that the...
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Peter Tosh (category Converts to the Rastafari movement)
of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari....
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Nyabinghi rhythm (category Music of Jamaica)
Niyabinghi, Niyahbinghi, is the gathering of Rastafari people to celebrate and commemorate key dates significant to Rastafari throughout the year. It is essentially...
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African diaspora religions (redirect from List of African diaspora religions)
Kumina Myal Obeah Rastafari Bobo Ashanti Nyabinghi Twelve Tribes of Israel Dugu Sansé Espiritismo Kélé Obeah Winti Obeah Rastafari Spiritual Baptist Trinidad...
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and the Church of God are present throughout the country. Many old churches have been carefully maintained and/or restored. The Rastafari movement is a...
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The history of Christianity follows the Christian religion as it developed from its earliest beliefs and practices in the first-century, spread geographically...
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The history of eugenics is the study of development and advocacy of ideas related to eugenics around the world. Early eugenic ideas were discussed in...
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Chalice (pipe) (category Rastafari)
of cannabis smoking pipe used most often by members of the Jamaican Rastafari movement. It is a type of water pipe used for smoking. It is a type of water...
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Bob Marley (redirect from List of songs recorded by Bob Marley)
to Rastafari. Around this time, Marley relocated to London, and the group embodied their musical shift with the release of the album The Best of The...
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Shashamane (redirect from History of Shashamane)
Division of The Federation executive council in 1967 thus replacing Mr. Piper and his wife in Ethiopia. It was within a couple of years that Rastafari immigration...
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Nyabinghi (category Rastafari)
20th century, the name "Nyabinghi" was adopted by practitioners of Jamaican Rastafari, was adopted for their gatherings and later as a drumming style...
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