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  • n  (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music
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  • Capleton in Jamaica Gleaner
    It was like a transition of my life in terms of the whole Rastafari aspect,Capleton said. "Everything the song say is reality. That's why it's popular."
  • Mutabaruka in Jamaica Gleaner
    The Old Testament is what manipulates Rastafari thinking, look at the mannerism and the way they speak, it is more of a Old Testament kind a thing,Mutabaruka argued.
  • Julian Marley in Jamaica Gleaner
    There is no conflict of spirituality here, as Marley says "of course Rastafari is biblically based. In The Bible, it speaks of the east. It may not say Ethiopia, but if you do your math ...... Christ a go come in a new form," Marley said,...

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