RASTAFARI MOVEMENT

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
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