Rastafarian movement in Ethiopia
Abstract:
What interests me in this topic is the fact that Rastafarian movement has always been an image of Bob Marley on stage playing his music and I wanted to prove that there was more than that to the movement. Upon some research I was able to find that the Rastafarian movement was first developed in the slums of Kingston Jamaica during the 1920’s to 1930’s and that in the slums of Jamaica which had an environment that was full of poverty, depression, racism and class discrimination. As a result there was a prophecy that emerged from Marcus Gravery stating that the Rastafarian homeland was Ethiopia and that it was obligatory to leave as fast as possible to Ethiopia. When reading many different sources I discovered that Ethiopia had experienced a Diaspora which is the dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland. When I understood that that many of the Rastafarians had been moving to Ethiopia away from Jamaica I believed that it would interesting to observe to what extent had the Rastafarian movement in Ethiopia had had an effect on Ethiopia development. After doing more research I found that Haile Selassie was known as the Rastafarian Prophet and I wanted to observe in comparison with the Rastafarian movement in what ways did the emperor Haile selassie affect the development of Ethiopia. I found the link between these two factors interesting as I found that the origin of the word “ Ras tafari” came from the word “Ras” which is a name given to those who are royalty and “ tafari” is the emperor Haile selassie which can be translated as “the one that is revered and feared” .
.What is effective about this topic is that before the reign of Haile selassie the Ethiopian people were not aware of the Rastafarian movement that was commencing in Jamaica at the time and also how it would trigger many of the Jamaican people to immigrate to Ethiopia as they believed that Ethiopia was their Promised Land. It is for this reason
What interests me in this topic is the fact that Rastafarian movement has always been an image of Bob Marley on stage playing his music and I wanted to prove that there was more than that to the movement. Upon some research I was able to find that the Rastafarian movement was first developed in the slums of Kingston Jamaica during the 1920’s to 1930’s and that in the slums of Jamaica which had an environment that was full of poverty, depression, racism and class discrimination. As a result there was a prophecy that emerged from Marcus Gravery stating that the Rastafarian homeland was Ethiopia and that it was obligatory to leave as fast as possible to Ethiopia. When reading many different sources I discovered that Ethiopia had experienced a Diaspora which is the dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland. When I understood that that many of the Rastafarians had been moving to Ethiopia away from Jamaica I believed that it would interesting to observe to what extent had the Rastafarian movement in Ethiopia had had an effect on Ethiopia development. After doing more research I found that Haile Selassie was known as the Rastafarian Prophet and I wanted to observe in comparison with the Rastafarian movement in what ways did the emperor Haile selassie affect the development of Ethiopia. I found the link between these two factors interesting as I found that the origin of the word “ Ras tafari” came from the word “Ras” which is a name given to those who are royalty and “ tafari” is the emperor Haile selassie which can be translated as “the one that is revered and feared” .
.What is effective about this topic is that before the reign of Haile selassie the Ethiopian people were not aware of the Rastafarian movement that was commencing in Jamaica at the time and also how it would trigger many of the Jamaican people to immigrate to Ethiopia as they believed that Ethiopia was their Promised Land. It is for this reason