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Becoming Rasta

Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica

by Charles Price

A study based on life histories of how individual Jamaicans came to adopt Rastafari identity in the face of social stigma and state hostility. Price explores conversion, community and the politics of identity across several generations.

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