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Rastafari
Roots and Ideology
Barry Chevannes
Syracuse University Press · Print & ebook · December 1, 1994
Reading lane: West African History
The first comprehensive work on the origins of the Jamaica-based Rastafaris, including interviews with some of the earliest members of the movement.
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Who It's For
Book Details
- Authors
- Barry Chevannes
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Published
- December 1, 1994
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- West African History · How Cultures Work
- Reading lane
- West African History
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Publisher Categories
History of Religion
Caribbean & Latin American Studies
Religion & Society
Global Black Studies
About This Book
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 Rastafa...
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