Originating in Jamaica in the 1930s, Rastafari thrived as a popular protest of the black cultural resistance movement and flourished in later decades. It has been strongly nourished by the ...

“Is this what the Rastafarian movement is about? Smoking weed?” I ask. He slants his head, smiles and says: “No. Rastafari is about Jah – Haile Selassie. A true Rastafari must smoke weed t ...

Jendayi, who grew up in Eastville in the 1970s, said that she learned a lot about her African roots from the local Rastafari movement which helped her to form a sense of identity which she ...