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Rastafarianism
[ rahs-tuh-fahr-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -fahr-, rah-stuh- ]
noun
- a religion, originating in Jamaica, whose followers regard the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I as the messiah and themselves as exiles awaiting return to Africa, the Promised Land.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Rastafarianism1
Example Sentences
“I saw her having locks and locks aren’t something that we ever see, even in the media, outside of Rastafarianism. I wanted to take that into a professional space.”
Dickie Jobson, a friend and associate who directed the 1982 film “Countryman,” about a man who embodied Rastafarianism, gets little ink.
She says the lovers rock look followed “the black consciousness movement, and the 70s and afros and Rastafarianism”.
A central tenant of Rastafarianism is eating "ital" foods - foods that are organic, locally grown and plant-based.
He wrote about his experience as a young black man, his parents’ experience as migrants, police beatings, Christopher Columbus living off slavery, Palestine, Rastafarianism – the things we are talking about today.
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