Rastafari
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The film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, is focused on the Rastafari legend’s story during the making of his 1977 album “Exodus” while leading up to a momentous concert in his native Jamaica.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024
Rastafari reject materialist values and often practice a strict oneness with nature.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024
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
October’s books will take you far: From 19th century North Carolina to the modern Middle East, from a fractious Rastafari family in Jamaica to a family-run Chinese restaurant in Detroit.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
Neither of you will know about Abraham or the Rastafari religion or the Jamaican dialect.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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