Liber XXIII · Rastafari
Chapter VI
Origins: Garvey & Ethiopianism
8 min readLeonard Howell and Pinnacle: The First Rasta and His CommuneLeonard Howell, the first Rasta: his life, the 1934 sedition trial, The Promised Key, and Pinnacle, the Rastafari commune in St Catherine raided in 1954.7 min readMarcus Garvey and Rastafari: The Prophet of African RedemptionMarcus Garvey and Rastafari: his life, the UNIA and Black Star Line, his religious ideas, his criticism of Haile Selassie and why Rastas call him prophet.8 min readOrigins of Rastafari: Garvey, Ethiopianism and the First RastasThe origins of Rastafari: Afro-Jamaican Revival, Ethiopianism, Marcus Garvey and the UNIA, the Holy Piby, and Leonard Howell and the first Rasta preachers.