The First Rasta : : Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism
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The footsteps of a spirit -- The bird hunter -- En route to New York -- Harlem -- Athlyi Rogers, forerunner of the Rasta movement -- Early companions -- The Ethiopianists -- First sermons in St. Thomas -- Jail house -- The Nya-Binghis -- The Hindu legacy -- From one prison to another -- Bloody '38 -- Pinnacle -- Life in the hills -- The first raid -- Howell and the women -- Ganja plantation -- Like children of God in paradise (interview with Blade Howell) -- A stroll in paradise -- Howell and Bustamante -- The 1954 raid -- The ghettos -- Pinnacle's last days -- God or the devil? -- The new culture -- Rasta musickumina or burru? -- Count Ossie -- The 1960s -- Reggae stars -- Twelve tribes.
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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2003, c1999.
Year Published: 1999
Description: xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1556524668 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Davis, Stephen, 1947- .
SUBJECTS
Maragh, G. G.
Howell, Leonard, -- 1895-1982.
Rastafari movement -- History.