Rastafari is a religious and political movement that began in Jamaica in the 1930s and was adopted by many groups around the globe. It combines Pro...

The word Rastafari comes from an Amharic phrase meaning “chief to be feared.”

Rastafari developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, after the crowning of Haile Selassie I, the Ethiopian emperor. Early followers of Rastafari extolled t...

Rastafarians believe that they are being tested by Jah (God) through slavery and the existence of economic injustice and racial “downpression” (rat...

Rastafari’s biggest cultural impact has, arguably, been reggae music, which grew out of the movement and was made popular throughout the world by t...