Rastafari : Roots and Ideology
@inproceedings{Chevannes1994RastafariR, title={Rastafari : Roots and Ideology}, author={Barry Chevannes}, year={1994} }
Interviews with 30 converts from the 1930s and 1940s are a component of Barry Chevanne's book, a look into the origins and practices of Rastafarianism. From the direct accounts of these early members, he is able to reconstruct pivotal episodes in Rastafarian history to offer a look into a subgroup of Jamaican society whose beliefs took root in the social unrest of the 1930s. The little that most people know about Rastafarianism has come through the Jamaican music, Reggae, which resonates with…
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