A Personal Sightings of Rastafari: A Detailed Approach
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope…. and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” – Robert F. Kennedy. Starting as ripples of hope, which eventually became violent waves....... A powerful force that challenged Eurocentrism, resisted systems of oppression and dismantled barriers placed around the untamed and complex expression of Black identity, while simultaneously promoting unity within the Black nation. Rastafari... For the average person, the word may immediately summon images of Bob Marley, marijuana and reggae music. But for me? When I hear the word Rastafari, I think of something much deeper. An oasis in a time of political drought. A resistance. A spiritual banner birthed from a collapsing system. I get asked every so often ab...
