rastafarian
- n follower of Rastafarianism
- n (Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine
- a of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians
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News & Articles
- Rastafarian inmate cuts hair to get transfer
Allen McRae, also known as Ras-Solomon Tafari, is shown in photos taken before and after his haircut. (Virginia Department of Corrections photos) RICHMOND, Va. — A Rastafarian inmate who spent more than a decade in segregation for refusing to cut his hair has relented, citing health reasons.
June 10, 2013 - Bristol Herald Courier - Trench Town cook remembered Man who served as Bob Marley’s chef honored at memorial in Chico.
A Rastafarian memorial was held in Chico on June 2 for a man who once served as Bob Marley’s personal chef. Vivian “Kyso” Hendricks...
June 6, 2013 - Chico News & Review
Quotes
- Rita Marley in ABC Online
It has always been the wish of Bob Marley to return to Ethiopia and become a Rastafarian ...... and with the African Union, Addis Ababa is the capital of Africa and therefore a very symbolic place,Marley's widow, Rita, said. - Benjamin Zephaniah in Independent
But then this "angry, illiterate, uneducated, ex-hustler, rebellious Rastafarian" (which is how Zephaniah describes himself in the foreword to his poetry collection, Too Black, Too Strong) is not like "most blokes who write poems". - Jim Kerr in Jerusalem Post
What it did was to encourage a certain hope for the music. Here is a Rastafarian brethren singing about women in this manner, in a way that is palatable. It was almost a feel good song, to know that all is not lost in the music. It was the same... Mutabaruka http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutabaruka&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHAeVC-4yn0DaaXr3MfG6TS46IW4Q Jamaica Gleaner http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090806/ent/ent1.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHWOuzhm4TN5sdHWwq9VOCrUu5nyg Aug 6, 2009 80374 108359 rastas Not many reggae bands played in Glasgow back then, but we knew about Steel Pulse because [the BBC's] John Peel had been playing their Handsworth Revolution album. In fact, Steel Pulse were the first rastas we'd seen," Kerr told The Birmingham Mail.