Rastafarianism

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Rastafa

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Rastafarianism

Rastafarianism is a social movement, messianic-millenarian established in Jamaica around 1930, that combines elements of religious prophecy, specifically the idea of a black God and Messiah ; The Pan-Africanist philosophy of Marcus Garvey, Walter Rodney, and reggae music.

It was inspired by the independent, anti- colonial Christian tradition of the Ethiopian orthodox church.

Rastafarian Beliefs

Rastafarians beliefs:

Selassie is the living God. (Jah)

Repatriation to Ethiopia. (heaven on earth)

Society (white society) is corrupt and is Babylon,

Blacks will inherit the earth.

The sacred herb ganja smoked.

• Rasta rituals include wearing locks, consumption of ital food and symbolic colors of red, black and green and soul language.

• Ras Tafari was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. Named Ras and Tafari were titles translated from Amharic to mean, respectively, ‘prince’ or ‘nobleman’ and ‘creator’. that declared itself a line of direct descent form the union of King Solomon and Queen Bathsheba of Sheba.

Rituals

Rastafarianism Impacts

• Impacts– it was one of the first full-fledged movements to

confront issues of racial identity and prejudice all over the world with reggae music.

The ideologies of this period were of hatred and arrogance towards Blacks, many Rasta's were imprisoned, trimmed and killed. Reggae helped to erode these views.Socio economic impacts such as a social marker that identifies jamaicans, music industry and richens the island as a tourist destination.

– Incited Jamaica's middle-class blacks and then people all over the world to reflect on the importance of their African heritage.

• The genre ended up being listened to in all countries by people of all ages and race and it was adopted by the skinhead culture of 1980‟s Britain and the Mods-also in Britain, Japan. Social impacts as many were people are drawn to it. Snoop dog. The target audience has a broad number of admirers, for example: white middleclass, Asians etc.

Rastafarianism Impacts

– Rastafarianism is a religion based on social change, and reggae is the means of spreading these beliefs.

The membership has grown all over the world in all Reggae song lyrics deal with many subjects, including religion, love, sexuality, peace, relationships, poverty, injustice and other social and political issues. Reggae was also a means of upliftment to people without hope such as poor and enslaved.

Rastafarianism Impacts