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    Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism by outsiders, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both...
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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...
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    figure in modern Ethiopian history, he is accorded divine importance in Rastafari, a relatively new Abrahamic religion that emerged in the Colony of Jamaica...
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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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  • 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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  • Aside from a mutual belief in the Old Testament, Judaism and Rastafari closely align in essence, tradition, and heritage, as both are Abrahamic religions...
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    Ital (category Rastafari)
    also spelled I-tal (/ˈaɪtɑːl/), is food often celebrated by those in the Rastafari movement. It is compulsory in the Bobo Ashanti and Nyabinghi mansions...
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  • Iyaric (redirect from Rastafari vocabulary)
    Talk or Rasta Talk, is a form of language constructed by members of the Rastafari movement through alteration of vocabulary. When Africans were taken into...
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    Zion (category Rastafari)
    This could be an actual place such as Ethiopia for Rastafari or Israel for the Jews. Rastafari, while not identifying as "Jews", identify themselves...
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    Ntozake (2014). "Rastafari as Afrocentrically Based Discourse and Spiritual Expression". Rastafari in the New Millennium: A Rastafari Reader. Syracuse...
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  • Ras Sam Brown (16 December 1925 – August 1998) was a Jamaican Rastafari elder. He was well known in Kingston for his politics after he participated in...
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    Black Faith were considered a radical group of younger Rastafari members. Eventually, other Rastafari groups started locking their hair. In the Rastafarian...
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  • The Twelve Tribes of Israel is a Rastafari religious group and one of the Mansions of Rastafari. Its headquarters is on Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica...
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    been known in the Americas since the 1960s. A chillum pipe is used in Rastafari rituals. According to Alfred Dunhill, Africans have long employed chillum-style...
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    visibility of Rastafari and spread its gospel throughout the world. Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages of Rastafari. The musician...
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  • born into an Anglican family. He was one of the first preachers of the Rastafari movement (along with Joseph Hibbert and Archibald Dunkley), and is known...
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  • of the oldest denominations, or "Orders", of the Rastafari movement. Probably the largest Rastafari group, the House of Nyabinghi is an aggregate of more...
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  • Jah (category Rastafari)
    prayer and study. The name Jah is frequently employed by adherents of Rastafari to refer to God. The name of the national god of the kingdoms of Israel...
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  • document of Rastafari thought. While not strictly speaking a "Rastafari text", it was certainly a primary source of influence to many in the Rastafari movement...
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  • September 1929, Cuba – 5 March 2006, Kingston, Jamaica) was a renowned Rastafari elder, drummer and a follower of the back-to-Africa movement founded in...
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  • Bobo Ashanti (category Rastafari)
    Mansions of Rastafari. They cover their dreadlocks with bright turbans and wear long robes and can usually be distinguished from other Rastafari members because...
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  • 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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  • which retained some of the synthesized dance elements of its predecessor. Rastafari Centennial, Steel Pulse's first live record, was recorded live at the...
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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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    is that food should be natural or pure, and from the earth. Though the Rastafari are generally associated with avid vegetarianism and veganism, a large...
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  • I.C was formed, now headquartered in Bull Bay, Jamaica. This group of Rastafari soon became known as Bobo Ashanti, adopting their name from the Ashanti...
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    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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  • Rastafari Teach I Everything is Jamaican reggae artist Sizzla's 12th studio album, released on Greensleeves on September 4, 2001. "Rastafari Teach I Everything"...
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  • Nyabinghi (category Rastafari)
    century, the name "Nyabinghi" was adopted by practitioners of Jamaican Rastafari as a term for their gatherings and later for the drumming style used in...
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    Peter Tosh (category Converts to the Rastafari movement)
    he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion. Tosh was born Winston...
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