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.

Aliases (3)

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 (33)

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

Iyaric → associatedWithReligion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Twelve Tribes of Israel → associatedWithReligion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Zion → associatedWithReligion → 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"

Jamaican Patois → hasCulturalAssociation → Rastafari movement →

Caribbean → hasReligion → Rastafari movement →

Peter Tosh → hasReligion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Abrahamic religions → includes → Rastafari movement →

Marcus Garvey → inspired → Rastafari movement →

Bob Marley → movement → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Bunny Wailer → movement → Rastafari movement →

Burning Spear → movement → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Peter Tosh → movement → Rastafari movement →

Bobo Ashanti → partOf → Rastafari movement →

Nyabinghi order → partOf → Rastafari movement →

Afro-Barbadians → religion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Afro-Caribbean people → religion → Rastafari movement →

Afro-Grenadians → religion → Rastafari movement →

Afro-Guadeloupeans → religion → Rastafari movement →

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → religion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Ark of the Covenant → religion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Black Canadians → religion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Bob Marley → religion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Bobo Ashanti → religion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Bunny Wailer → religion → Rastafari movement →

Caribbean Americans → religion → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Afro-Latin Americans → religionPracticed → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafarianism"

Nyabinghi order → religiousOrientation → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafari"

Haile Selassie I is divine → religiousTradition → Rastafari movement →

subject surface form: ""Haile Selassie I is divine""

Reincarnated → theme → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafarianism"

Iyaric → usedBy → Rastafari movement →

this entity surface form: "Rastafarians"