THOMPKINS: Ethiopia is our home ... (SOUNDBITE OF PEOPLE) THOMPKINS: Gladstone Robinson(ph) is a Rastafarian from Brooklyn. For a little more than $2, he agreed to sell copies of his original ...

Initially, "the EWF [was] a black organization, not a Rastafarian one," said Ras Paul, the only employee of the place. The federation was launched in the US in the 1930s to support Ethiopia during ...

Ethiopia, creators coming from Africa, so if I didn’t do it to me it would be like talking just to talk.” Reggae music and marijuana are often associated with the Rasta lifestyle, and they are ...

Rastafarians around the world see Ethiopia as their spiritual home. Many of them believe the country’s last king, Haile Selassie, was a descendent of King Solomon and the messiah. Many of the ...

A decade later, when 38-year-old Ras Tafari (or Chief Tafari) was crowned Ethiopia's Haile Selassie I, many in Jamaica saw this as the prophecy coming true, and the Rastafari movement was born.

The basic beliefs of a Rastafarian are to uphold the truth, defend good over evil and to do the will of God here on earth. Ethiopia, specifically, Africa in general, is considered the Rastas ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — July 23 marks the 131st anniversary of the birth of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, whom the Rasta faith considers the incarnation of God. NEW YORK (RNS) — After the sun set ...

It may be news to some, but reggae music owes a great debt of gratitude to the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile ... at how his life and work influenced the Rastafarian movement and reggae music ...

Michael Manley used the growing acceptance of Rastafari in his appeal to Jamaican youth. He was Opposition leader in 1970 when he visited Ethiopia. The consummate showman, Manley showed off an ...

Ethiopia, creators coming from Africa, so if I didn’t do it to me it would be like talking just to talk.” Reggae music and marijuana are often associated with the Rasta lifestyle, and they are ...

Rastafarians from around the world have been settling in Ethiopia for the last 50 years, after being given land by Emperor Haile Selassie. Today, life in "the promised land" is far from the ...