Directory of Rastafarianism Resources

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A religious-cultural movement that began in Jamaica. Rastafarians believe that Haile Selassie, also named Ras Tafari, the last emperor of Ethiopia, is the Messiah. Reggae music is heavily influenced by Rastafarianism. There are some 180,000 Rastafarians worldwide.

Subcategories

• Haile Selassie

Resources in This Category

• Dread History: The African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari

  http://smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/rasta/rasta.html
  Essay, images, and terminology.

• Earth Culture Roots

  http://www.earthcultureroots.com/
  Rasta faith, ital recipes, Haile Selassie, Marcus Garvey, art gallery, and online shop.

• Nyahbinghi Fyah

  http://nyahbinghifyah.tripod.com/
  An educational site that carries speeches by Haile Selassie I and other information about Rastafarianism.

• One Drop Books

  http://www.onedropbooks.com/
  Specializes in books about Rastafari, Haile Selassie, Ethiopia and the Bible, Marcus Garvey, Ital Food and Reggae Music.

• Rasta Club

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rasta/
  Yahoo Group for the Rasta community.

• Rasta Food

  http://www.nettilinja.fi/~hsaarist/AO.html
  Information on the Ital way of living.

• Rasta Gear Shop

  http://www.rastagearshop.com/
  Online shop for reggae music, rastafarian books, posters and clothing.

• RasTa Ites

  http://www.rastaites.com/
  Speeches, pictures, history, Ark of the Covenant, coronation, invasion, Maqdala, battle of Adowa, Axum, Lalibela; also Rasta and reggae events, and links pages.

• Rastas-Home

  http://rastas-home.tripod.com/
  Resource on Rastafarianism, Haile Selassie I and Jah; includes dictionary of terms, history, pictures; pages on reggae music, marijuana, Ethiopia, and Jamiaca; a messageboard and slide-show.

• Rootnattie: A Place fe Reasoning pon Rastafari

  http://www.rootnattie.com/
  News, poems, archived reggae music, quotes.

• The Rastafari Religion

  http://www.thirdfield.com/new/religion.html
  An introduction written from an Orthodox Christian perspective by Norman Hugh Redington. From the Thirdfield.com tribute site to Bob Marley.

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