Bobo Ashanti

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Bobo Ashanti is a mansion (branch) of the Rastafari movement known for its strict religious observances, distinctive turbaned attire, and emphasis on priestly order and African repatriation.

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Label Occurrences
Bobo Ashanti canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rastafari mansion ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
abbreviation EABIC ⓘ
continentOfOrigin North America ⓘ
coreBelief African repatriation ⓘ
black liberation ⓘ
divinity of Haile Selassie I ⓘ
observance of Old Testament law ⓘ
priestly order and hierarchy ⓘ
reparations for slavery and colonialism ⓘ
separation from Babylon system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Jamaica ⓘ
diet ital diet ⓘ
dressCode modest long dresses and head coverings for women ⓘ
turbaned headwraps for men ⓘ
foundedBy Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards ⓘ
goal establishment of a theocratic African government ⓘ
repatriation to Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bobo Shanti ⓘ
Ethiopian African Black International Congress ⓘ
hasCommunityType hilltop camp ⓘ
hasConcept Babylon as oppressive world system ⓘ
Zion as Africa and spiritual homeland ⓘ
hasDistinctivePractice communal living ⓘ
daily prayer and psalm chanting ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
separation of men and women in certain rituals ⓘ
strict Sabbath observance ⓘ
use of black in banners and vestments ⓘ
use of red, gold and green colors ⓘ
wearing of long robes ⓘ
wearing of turbans ⓘ
hasFestival celebration of Haile Selassie I’s birthday ⓘ
celebration of Haile Selassie I’s coronation ⓘ
celebration of Prince Emmanuel’s birthday ⓘ
hasHeadquarters St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: Bull Bay, Jamaica
hasKeyFigure Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle King ⓘ
Priest ⓘ
Prophet ⓘ
hasRitualObject altar ⓘ
candles ⓘ
incense ⓘ
hasRitualSpace tabernacle ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Jamaican Patois ⓘ
organizationalStructure kings ⓘ
members ⓘ
priestly order ⓘ
prophets ⓘ
partOf Rastafari movement ⓘ
politicalStance Pan-Africanism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
black nationalism ⓘ
prohibits alcohol ⓘ
cigarettes ⓘ
pork ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
religion Rastafari movement ⓘ
surface form: Rastafari
religiousText Bible ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

Psalms ⓘ
symbol Ethiopian flag ⓘ
Lion of Judah ⓘ
red gold and green colors ⓘ

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