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Chanting down Babylon : the Rastafari reader

"This anthology explores Rastafari religion, culture, and politics in Jamaica and other parts of the African diaspora. An Afro-Caribbean religious and cultural movement that sprang from the mean streets of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1930s, today Rastafari has close to one million adherents. The basic message of Rastafari - the dismantling of all oppressive institutuions and the liberation of humankind - strongly appeals even to the non-believers who are captivated by reggae music, the lyrics, and the 'immortal spirit' of its enormously popular practitioner, Bob Marley."--Book cover
Print Book, English, 1998
Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1998
Aufsatzsammlung
x, 467 pages ; 26 cm
9781566395830, 9781566395847, 1566395836, 1566395844
37115199
Ideology and the cultural context
Roots and historical impact
Back-o-wall to Hollywood: the Rasta revolution through the arts
Religion: livity, hermeneutics, and theology