“Is this what the Rastafarian movement is about? Smoking weed?” I ask. He slants his head, smiles and says: “No. Rastafari is about Jah – Haile Selassie. A true Rastafari must smoke weed t ...

Yet the movement, which has more than one ... One of the exhibit's advisers, Ras Maurice Clarke—a Rastafarian originally from Kingston, Jamaica, who now lives in Washington, D.C.—says that ...

NEGRIL, Westmoreland — Attorney-at-law Dr Marcus Goffe is calling for clearly outlined protocols for police to follow while interacting with individuals who observe the Rastafarian faith.

Billy Howell states: “The story of my father, the founder of the Rasta movement, is still a mystery ... of a village where 1,000 followers of Jamaica’s most controversial man presided over ...

Rastafari is Jamaica's most famous export. Alongside Bob Marley – the world's most recognised Rastafarian – this cultural and spiritual movement is the enduring global image of the Caribbean ...

Don Letts reveals how the Rastafari movement helped Jamaica recover a lost identity after years of British colonial rule and had a profound effect on Jamaican music.

From Jamaica, the Rastafari movement spread around the world – thanks in part to the huge popularity of its most famous member, Bob Marley, whose lyrics were full of Rasta doctrine. Learn a ...