Rastafari movement

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Afrocentric movement religious movement social movement spiritual movement

The Rastafari movement is a spiritual and cultural movement that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s, venerating Haile Selassie I, emphasizing African identity and resistance to oppression, and influencing global music and culture, especially through reggae.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Rastafari movement canonical	61
Rastafari	46
Rastafarianism	8
Rastafarians	4
Caribbean Rastafari communities	1
Jamaican Rastafari movement	1
Rastafarian communities worldwide	1
global Rastafari movement	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afrocentric movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ spiritual movement ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	Ethiopia ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Marcus Garvey ⓘ
coreBelief	African identity ⓘ Babylon as oppressive Western system ⓘ Haile Selassie I is divine ⓘ Haile Selassie I is divine ⓘ surface form: Haile Selassie I is the returned messiah Ital living ⓘ Zion as Africa ⓘ black liberation ⓘ livity (spiritual way of life) ⓘ repatriation to Africa ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ use of ganja as sacrament ⓘ
demographicFocus	African diaspora ⓘ
hasBranch	Bobo Ashanti ⓘ Nyabinghi order ⓘ Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ
hasEthicalPrinciple	anti-colonialism ⓘ anti-racism ⓘ communal solidarity ⓘ natural living ⓘ rejection of materialism ⓘ
hasMainDeity	Haile Selassie I ⓘ
hasNotableFollower	Bob Marley ⓘ Bunny Wailer ⓘ Burning Spear ⓘ Culture (band) ⓘ Peter Tosh ⓘ
hasPractice	Ital diet ⓘ Nyabinghi drumming ⓘ chanting ⓘ dreadlocks ⓘ reasoning sessions ⓘ reggae music as expression ⓘ ritual use of cannabis ⓘ
hasViewOnJesus	identifies Jesus with African identity ⓘ sees Jesus as black ⓘ
hasViewOnSociety	criticizes Western imperialism ⓘ criticizes capitalism ⓘ criticizes colonialism ⓘ
inception	1930s ⓘ
influenced	Pan-Africanism discourse ⓘ black identity politics ⓘ dancehall ⓘ dub music ⓘ global popular culture ⓘ reggae ⓘ roots reggae ⓘ
inspiredBy	Marcus Garvey ⓘ
interpretsText	Bible in Afrocentric way ⓘ
musicVehicle	reggae ⓘ roots reggae ⓘ
originCountry	Jamaica ⓘ
religiousText	Bible ⓘ
spreadTo	Africa ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
symbol	Ethiopian flag colors ⓘ Lion of Judah ⓘ red gold and green ⓘ
usesLanguageForm	Iyaric ⓘ
venerates	Haile Selassie I ⓘ

Referenced by (123)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caribbean → hasReligion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Afro-Caribbean people → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Zion → associatedWithReligion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Abrahamic religions → includes → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Twelve Tribes of Israel → associatedWithReligion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Jamaican Patois → hasCulturalAssociation → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Haile Selassie I → centralFigureIn → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Haile Selassie I is divine → centralTo → Rastafari movement ⓘ

subject surface form: "Haile Selassie I is divine"

this entity surface form: Rastafarianism

Haile Selassie I is divine → religiousTradition → Rastafari movement ⓘ

subject surface form: "Haile Selassie I is divine"

Bob Marley → movement → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Bob Marley → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Nyabinghi order → partOf → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Nyabinghi order → religiousOrientation → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Bobo Ashanti → partOf → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Bobo Ashanti → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Iyaric → usedBy → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafarians

Iyaric → associatedWithReligion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Bunny Wailer → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Bunny Wailer → movement → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Peter Tosh → movement → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Peter Tosh → hasReligion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Marcus Garvey → inspired → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Burning Spear → movement → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Ark of the Covenant → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Caribbean Americans → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Afro-Latin Americans → religionPracticed → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafarianism

Black Canadians → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Afro-Grenadians → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Afro-Barbadians → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Afro-Guadeloupeans → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Reincarnated → theme → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafarianism

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Primeval history → religiousTradition → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

YHWH → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Bob Marley and the Wailers → lyricalThemes → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafarianism

Bob Marley and the Wailers → associatedMovement → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Legend (Bob Marley compilation album) → associatedWithMovement → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Cumbolo → hasTheme → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah → associatedWith → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah → religiousTradition → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Elect of God → hasContext → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Elect of God → usedBy → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafarians

Solomonic dynasty → recognizedBy → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Jah → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari

Jah → associatedMovement → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Marley → religion → Rastafari movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Bob Marley

Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica → religionPracticed → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Get Up, Stand Up → movementAssociatedWith → Rastafari movement ⓘ

Rastaman Vibration → mainSubject → Rastafari movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rastafari