The Ethiopian World Federation: A Pan-African Organisation among the Rastafari in Jamaica

Bonacci, Giulia

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“…At the time, Local 15 counted 118 highly organized members and was ready to send the first of them to Ethiopia. Local 15 then turned toward Local 43, headed by Solomon Wolfe, which had a charter delivered in 1958 by the New York headquarters of the ewf and was by then the only Jamaican local with active bonds with Shashemene (Bonacci 2013b This defensive position illustrates the importance the officers of ewf Local 43 accorded to its administration. They had overcome many organizational difficulties: short-circuiting the established channels of the ewf controlled by non-Rastafari, transforming the ewf to prioritize repatriation, obtaining passports and visas, organizing departures by air, establishing the local in Ethiopia and working to keep members of the Jamaican local mobilized.…”

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The Return to Ethiopia of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

Bonacci

2016

New West Indian Guide

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Twenty-eight years ago, F.J. van Dijk published in the New West Indian Guide what remained for a long time the only scholarly paper on the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Undoubtedly the largest Rastafari organization both in terms of membership and international expansion, the Twelve Tribes of Israel remains little known in public and academic circles. This article fills two major but closely related gaps in Van Dijk’s seminal article. The first is information on the formation and history of the Twelve Tribes, and the second is how the organization mobilized the return of members to Africa, a cornerstone of Rastafari belief. This article argues that the issue of return to the continent determined the very genesis of the organization and subsequently the development of its eighteen international branches. In its turn, this focus on return to Africa offers another perspective on the internal dynamics of the Rastafari movement, namely the structuring role of Rastafari organizations, a role which challenges the common image of Rastafari as an “acephalous” movement. Exploring the tangible relationship of Rastafari with Ethiopia, through the return to Ethiopia of members of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, offers new insight into the history of the Rastafari movement.

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The Return to Ethiopia of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

Bonacci

2016

New West Indian Guide

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“…Após alguns anos, as histórias da Ethiopia World Federation e do Movimento Rastafári em Kingston passaram a se entrelaçar, com diversos rastas passando a frequentar as sedes da instituição e a requerer filiação oficial à instituição. Para uma história da Ethiopia World Federation, verBonacci (2013). 10.…”

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“Welcome to Jamrock": poéticas e políticas Rastafari nas ruas de Kingston

Araujo¹

2019

GIS - Gesto, Imagem e Som

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Neste ensaio reflito sobre os modos como Rastas criam e recriam Kingston habitando-a com sua presença física, suas narrativas e seu léxico. A Kingston Rastafari é construídos sobre diversas camadas semânticas e políticas, e a questão dos topônimos emergiu nas mais diversas interações que tive com meus interlocutores ao longo de meu trabalho de campo. Para além da toponímia rastafari, reflito também sua presença; seus corpos marcados por índices de pertencimento ao Movimento Rastafari; as decorações de muros e casas com cores e motivos rastafari, as narrativas de eventos ocorridos em certos locais. Explorar os modos de ocupação de Kingston pelos rastas é uma forma de analisar como diferentes pessoas e coletivos se posicionam e agem em relação à memória social, cidadania, utilização e acesso aos espaços públicos, acesso a direitos e reparação pelos ciclos de violência estatal aos quais foram submetidos ao longo da história.

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“Mau Mau are Angels … Sent by Haile Selassie”: A Kenyan War in Jamaica

Osborne

2020

Comp Stud Soc Hist

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This article traces the impact of Kenya's Mau Mau uprising in Jamaica during the 1950s. Jamaican responses to Mau Mau varied dramatically by class: for members of the middle and upper classes, Mau Mau represented the worst of potential visions for a route to black liberation. But for marginalized Jamaicans in poorer areas, and especially Rastafari, Mau Mau was inspirational and represented an alternative method for procuring genuine freedom and independence. For these people, Mau Mau epitomized a different strand of pan-Africanism that had most in common with the ideas of Marcus Garvey. It was most closely aligned with, and was the forerunner of, Walter Rodney, Stokely Carmichael, and Black Power in the Caribbean. Theirs was a more radical, violent, and black-focused vision that ran alongside and sometimes over more traditional views. Placing Mau Mau in the Jamaican context reveals these additional levels of intellectual thought that are invisible without its presence. It also forces us to rethink the ways we periodize pan-Africanism and consider how pan-African linkages operated in the absence of direct contact between different regions.

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The Ethiopian World Federation: A Pan-African Organisation among the Rastafari in Jamaica

Cited by 5 publications

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The Return to Ethiopia of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

The Return to Ethiopia of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

“Welcome to Jamrock": poéticas e políticas Rastafari nas ruas de Kingston

“Mau Mau are Angels … Sent by Haile Selassie”: A Kenyan War in Jamaica

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