Rastafari

Since its emergence from the ghettos of West Kingston, Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafarian Movement has been transformed from an obscure group of outcasts to a vibrant movement that has not only become firmly entrenched in Jamaican society, but has successfully expanded beyond the Caribbean to North America, the British Isles, and Africa. Edmonds provides a compelling portrait of the Rastafarian phenomenon and chronicles how a once obscure group, much maligned and persecuted, became a dominant cultural force in the world today.