Listen to Rastafarian songs "Nybingi Medley" and "King So High" Visit the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Web site for purchase and more information Jake Homiak is the curator for Discovering ...

Rastafari Rootzfest organizers and High Times magazine have jointly announced that Rastafari Rootzfest will host the High Times 2015 Jamaican World Cannabis Cup in Negril on November 12th through 15th ...

As a teacher of Afro-Caribbean history and culture, Senior Lecturer of Africana Studies and Linguistics Iyabo F. Osiapem noticed that her students at William & Mary took quite an interest in Bob ...

Poet Safiya Sinclair grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in a devout Rastafari family. Her father, a reggae singer, ruled the home, dictating what to eat, how to dress and who she could or couldn't ...

Reflection of Africa in the eye of Empress Bless. Photo by author. A famous scene in the landmark 1977 series Roots shows the moment when language is recognised as being significant in the fight for ...

LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking ...

Far far across the valley comes the sound of an almighty procession Zion bound. Chanting chanting Iyabinghi drums yunder and yant the call to redemption, Babylon doomed to fall, Iyudgmant to come ...

Since Colorado legalized marijuana back in 2014, the music and arts scene has expanded, yet neither reggae nor the Rastafarian faith have seen much of an uptick in relevance. Until now. The Colorado ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Lamenting that a member of the Rastafarian community declined an appointment as a justice of the peace (JP) due to concerns about breaching laws related to the smoking of ...

As a teacher of Afro-Caribbean history and culture, Senior Lecturer of Africana Studies and Linguistics Iyabo F. Osiapem noticed that her students at William & Mary took quite an interest in Bob ...