The historic-yet-sadly-dilapidated Ward Theatre in the middle of downtown Kingston, Jamaica is normally closed to the public. But it played host to a unique performance this past June, one that closed ...
Book Review: Poet recalls stormy life growing up Rastafari in Jamaica and her struggle to break free
It’s not unusual for an autobiography to chart a person’s passage from rags to riches, ignorance to enlightenment, or bondage to freedom. It is unusual to find one as powerful and disturbing as Safiya ...
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 ...
Safiya Sinclair's memoir follows her journey from a scared and sheltered Rasta girl in Jamaica to a strong and self-assertive woman — exploring... As the story goes, on April 21, 1966, God visited the ...
Brinsley Forde as Blue in Franco Rosso’s Babylon (courtesy of Kino Lorber Repertory/Seventy-Seven) Jah! Rastafari! This chant, repeated like a mantra, is a cry of faith and defiance. In the film ...
Bob Marley's dancing and singing Could You Be Loved was a phenomenon and perhaps the only gateway for many into the life of a Rastafari. Comprising less than one percent of the Jamaican populace, ...
Who are the Rastafari? And who are the Rastafari to a secular American? The dread sporting Rastamen are more than nationalist enthused pot smokers. Rastafari expert, Dr. Merritt, will be discussing ...
Poet Safiya Sinclair grew up in a militant Rastafarian household in Jamaica under the watchful eye of her father, who she describes as having been domineering and insistent on purity above all else.
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