Poet Safiya Sinclair grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in a devout Rastafari family. Her father, a reggae singer, ruled the home, dictating what to eat, how to dress and who she could or couldn't ...

Everywhere I went, I wore his mark, a sign to the bredren in his Rastafari circle that he had his house under control. Once, when I was feeling brave, I had asked my father why he chose Rastafari ...

LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically ...

Mosiyah Tafari banged on drums and chanted psalms with other Rastafari in a ballroom where the smoke of frankincense mixed with the fragrant smell of marijuana — which his faith deems sacred.

To sever those roots for good. I grew up in a strict Rastafari household in Jamaica, where so much of my life was categorized by the weight of my hair: the world before I had dreadlocks and the ...

Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But the tiny islands of Antigua and Barbuda ...

The film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, is focused on the Rastafari legend’s story during the making of his 1977 album "Exodus" while leading up to a momentous concert in his native Jamaica.

Ras Richie stands on the Rastafari farm and sacred grounds of the Ras Freeman Foundation for the Unification of Rastafari on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Liberta, Antigua. He is a co-founder of ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ...

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Ras Jah, a member of the Ras Freeman Foundation for the Unification of Rastafari, prepares to pass a chalice pipe with marijuana to the left during service in the tabernacle on Sunday, May 14 ...