Traces the cultural development of the Rastafari movement from the slave trade in the sixteenth century, when it developed as a resistance reaction
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289) and index
The spirit of resistance -- The uprooting -- The enlightenment -- Early leaders and organizations -- Enter the dreadlocks -- The Bobo Dread -- The era of the dreadlocks -- Word, sound, and power -- Repatriation and divination -- Rastafari and the wider world