Rastafari

Roots and Ideology

• Author(s): Barry Chevannes,
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Pages: 322
• ISBN_10: 0815603940
  ISBN_13: 9780815603948
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / History , Social Science / Sociology of Religion , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies , Social Science / Black Studies (Global) ,

Description:... 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 Rastafarians settled in other countries.