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The First Rasta: Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism

The First Rasta: Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:H?l?ne Lee, Stephen Davis (Introduction by)Publish date:2004-01-01Pages:306
Language:EnglishPublisher:Lawrence Hill BooksISBN-13:9781556525582ISBN-10:1556525583UPC:9781556525582Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:History, Indigenous, Folk & TribalSize:8.96 x 6.44 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCWVHM9997

The First Rasta: Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism

Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta--ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks--this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey of a man who taught an enslaved people how to be proud and impose their culture on the world. In the 1920s Leonard Percival Howell and the First Rastas had a revelation concerning the divinity of Haile...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Lawrence Hill BooksISBN-13:9781556525582ISBN-10:1556525583UPC:9781556525582Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:History, Indigenous, Folk & TribalSize:8.96 x 6.44 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCWVHM9997
Hélène Lee is a journalist for Libération, specializing in the music of Africa and the Caribbean. Stephen Davis is the author of Bob Marley, Hammer of the Gods, and Walk This Way. He lives in Milton, Massachusetts.

Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

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