ORIGINS

• Jamaica
• Marcus Garvey
• Ras Tafari Makonnen
• The Ancients

JAMAICA

• Early 20th century
• British Crown territory
• Former slave trade center

MARCUS GARVEY

• Jamaican political leader, writer, orator
• "Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is at hand!"
• Pan-africanist
• Return to Africa

Ras Tafari Makonnen

• Crowned as Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia on Nov, 2nd 1930
• Seen as Garvey's prophecy fulfillement
• Controversial character
• ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

THE ANCIENTS

• Four preachers
• Leonard Percival Howell
• Charged with sedition for refusing loyalty to the King of Great Britain and Ireland, George V
• Beards and Dreadlocks
• The Pinnacle

BELIEFS

• Jah
• Judaism/Christianism sect
• Zion vs. Babylon
• Ceremonies
• Afrocentrism

ZION vs. BABYLON

• Ethiopia
• Capitalism

CEREMONIES

• Reasoning (if you know what I mean...)
• Groundation

  January 7th – Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas; March 25th – The birthday of Empress Mennen; April 21st – The anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica (also known as Grounation Day); May 25th – African Liberation Day;  June 16th - The birthday of Leonard P. Howell; July 23th – The birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie; August 17th – The birthday of Marcus Garvey; September 11th – Ethiopian New Year; November 2nd – The coronation of Haile Selassie

AFROCENTRISM

• Slavery
• Empowerment
• Equality
• Oppression
• Return to Africa
• Education

CULTURE

• Ganja
• I-Tal food
• Reggae music
• Dreadlocks
• Rastafari English

GANJA

• Provided by God (they got proof)
• Sacramental
• Ludic
• Meditation
• Use it, don't abuse it (or so they say)

I-TAL FOOD

• Don't eat dead things
• Food as medicine
• Organic

REGGAE MUSIC

• Jamaica's SKA + USA radio stations
• Roots, Dub, Dancehall
• Spread the message
• Rebel against Babylon
• Peace, Love, Respect
• Ganja

DREADLOCKS

• The Bible again
• Not only Rastafari
• Lion's mane
• Patience

RASTAFARI ENGLISH

• English was imposed
• Amraic
• Lyaric
• Understanding Overstanding; Irie; Upfulness; Dedication Livication; Oppression Downpression; I and I; Rastafarism