Rastafarianism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...religious-cultural movement that began (1930s) in Jamaica. Rastafarians believe that Haile Selassie , also named Ras Tafari, the last emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975), is the Messiah. They tend to reject European culture and ideas and are...