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The First Rasta : Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism by Davis, Lily;Davis, Stephen;Lee, Hélène;Maragh, G. G is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The First Rasta : Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism about?
Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta--ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks--this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey of a man who taught an enslaved people how to be proud and impose their culture on the world. In the 1920s Leonard Percival Howell and the First Rastas had a revelation concerning the divinity of Haile Selassie, king of Ethiopia, that established the vision for the most popular mystical movement of the 20th c
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Davis, Lily;Davis, Stephen;Lee, Hélène;Maragh, G. G
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press;Lawrence Hill Books
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781613745649
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, World History, Jamaica
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (76 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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