Look to Africa: Rastafari Belief & Livity

3 credits

Rastafari is an important religious belief and cultural practice that unites Africa & the AfricanDiaspora under the banner, "one God, one aim, one destiny." This course demystifies pervasivestereotypes through sacred Ethiopian texts, specific Biblical passages, and the works of MarcusGarvey, Haile Selassie I, Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Jean Binta Breeze, and others. We willexplore major tenets of Rastafari belief and practice, including Word, Sound, Power,Pan-Africanism, Rastafari lifestyle, resistance, and repatriation.