num_pages: 467
description: This anthology explores Rastafari religion, culture and politics in Jamaica and other parts of the African diaspora. An Afro-Caribbean religious and cultural movement in the 1930s, today Rastafari has close to one million adherents. The basic message of Rastafari - the dismantling of all oppressive institutions and the liberation of humankind - strongly appeals even to non-believers who are capivated by reggae music, the lyrics and the immortal spirit of its practitioner, Bob Marley.
language: English
title: Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader
titlecomplete: Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader
genres: Religion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 40
publisher: Temple University Press