Rastafari
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Now a poet living in the United States, Sinclair was once taught to reject all of “Babylon,” the vestiges of empire that Rastafari like her father believed kept Jamaica from its rightful glory.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
She rebooted the project by interviewing her father, striving to understand his interest in Rastafari, working to untangle his personal motivations and how she came to inherit so much of his sensibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told The Associated Press in an interview that his government took this step to try to end the persecution and bring respect to the Rastafari faith.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
“Just as we’ve recognized other faiths, it’s absolutely important for us to also ensure that the Rastafari faith is also acknowledged.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
Maybe in the word you hear echoes of Jamaica in the 1930s, when Rastafari was invented.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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