The movement asked President Ruto to consider them in State job appointments, and to accord them rights as a minority an ...

Reggae music originated in Jamaica in the 1960s. Its focus on social justice, as well as Rastafarian spiritual themes, also resonated with other popular folk music around the world at the time, such ...

“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 ...

Ras is an Amharic word equivalent to duke or prince. The Rastafari movement has strong roots in Ethiopia, which they believe to be the ultimate home of all Africans and the seat of Jah ...

Kingsley Ben-Adir played the titular role in the biopic 'Bob Marley: One Love'Image: Chiabella James The Rastafari movement takes its name from Selassie's original name, Ras Tafari Makonnen.

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.

Alongside Bob Marley – the world's most recognised Rastafarian – this cultural and spiritual movement is the enduring global image of the Caribbean island. The red, green and gold colours ...