Rastafari: A Universal Philosophy in the Third MillenniumWerner Zips "Rastafari practitioners have continually resisted social sciences definition of what outsiders called a millenarian movement. They maintained against these efforts of categorization that Rastafari as a lived and living philosophy combines ancient roots with ever emerging routes. These historical, dynamic and creative dimensions challenge any homogenizing attempts to freeze the 'movement' in time and space. African origins are as important as Diasporean experiences for Rastafari in the manifold struggles to downstroy slavery and oppression. But the strong universal appeal towards the realization of equal rights and justice implodes analytical and practical limitations of a Black Atlantic culture. This volume brings together contributions from well-known Rastafari practitioners and social scientists as a counter to the unilateral politics of outside definition, identification, and misrepresentation. They discuss Rastafari as an experimental philosophy; its historical and contemporary global culture dimensions and its contribution to issues such as decolonization, reparation and repatriation. " |
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Page 86
... importance of a matrifocal perspective ( re ) learned from the African set - up for any aims to tackle the massive problems ... important Black Nationalist figures and the movements associated with them from a Black feminist perspective ...
... importance of a matrifocal perspective ( re ) learned from the African set - up for any aims to tackle the massive problems ... important Black Nationalist figures and the movements associated with them from a Black feminist perspective ...
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... important anymore for the continuity of that lineage . I think the matrifocality is really one thing that we should hold fast to as an important African tradition . A lot of the African traditions to me sometimes seem to be archaic ...
... important anymore for the continuity of that lineage . I think the matrifocality is really one thing that we should hold fast to as an important African tradition . A lot of the African traditions to me sometimes seem to be archaic ...
Page 190
... important social and symbolic space for women , who have traditionally played central roles in African - Caribbean religions ( Alexander 1996 , 93-4 ) . Women were also particularly prominent in building communities around the churches ...
... important social and symbolic space for women , who have traditionally played central roles in African - Caribbean religions ( Alexander 1996 , 93-4 ) . Women were also particularly prominent in building communities around the churches ...
Contents
Rasta from Experience | 21 |
History and Narration | 42 |
The Return to the Motherland | 72 |
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