Rastafari : From Outcasts to Culture Bearers

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.