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Rastafarianism

[ rahs-tuh-fahr-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -fahr-, rah-stuh- ]

noun

  1. a religion, originating in Jamaica, whose followers regard the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I as the messiah and themselves as exiles awaiting return to Africa, the Promised Land.


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“I saw her having locks and locks aren’t something that we ever see, even in the media, outside of Rastafarianism. I wanted to take that into a professional space.â€

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Dickie Jobson, a friend and associate who directed the 1982 film “Countryman,†about a man who embodied Rastafarianism, gets little ink.

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She says the lovers rock look followed “the black consciousness movement, and the 70s and afros and Rastafarianismâ€.

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A central tenant of Rastafarianism is eating "ital" foods - foods that are organic, locally grown and plant-based.

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He wrote about his experience as a young black man, his parents’ experience as migrants, police beatings, Christopher Columbus living off slavery, Palestine, Rastafarianism – the things we are talking about today.

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