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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... stages of world politics , especially reflected in the relationship between Africa and the ( former ) colonial powers . This focus implies that the enslavement and deportation of African men and women has to be considered as the ...
... stages of world politics , especially reflected in the relationship between Africa and the ( former ) colonial powers . This focus implies that the enslavement and deportation of African men and women has to be considered as the ...
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... stages of movement for the slaves in these days , and explained everything to me . I listened to him and just reflected upon it . Some years before , I was acting in a movie by the name of Sankofa . And this dungeon was the actual place ...
... stages of movement for the slaves in these days , and explained everything to me . I listened to him and just reflected upon it . Some years before , I was acting in a movie by the name of Sankofa . And this dungeon was the actual place ...
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... stage for the teachings of King Emmanuel : The governments of the world are ruled by church and state . So the church and the state of the world have to come together now and look to put these things through . Cause like the man say ...
... stage for the teachings of King Emmanuel : The governments of the world are ruled by church and state . So the church and the state of the world have to come together now and look to put these things through . Cause like the man say ...
Contents
Rasta from Experience | 21 |
History and Narration | 42 |
The Return to the Motherland | 72 |
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