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The Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, JamaicaM. G. Smith

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The Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica

by M. G. Smith, Roy Augier and Rex Nettleford

A report by three scholars of the University College of the West Indies, prepared at the request of Rastafari leaders after tensions with the authorities. It described the movement sympathetically and recommended government action, including a mission to Africa. A landmark in public understanding of Rastafari.

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