About the book
From its beginnings in 1930s Jamaica, the Rastafarian movement has become a global presence. While the existing studies of the Rastafarian movement have primarily focused on its cultural expression through reggae music, art, and iconography, Monique A. Bedasse argues that repatriation to Africa represents the most important vehicle of Rastafari’s international growth. Shifting the scholarship on repatriation from Ethiopia to Tanzania, Bedasse foregrounds Rastafari’s enduring connection to black radical politics and establishes Tanzania as a critical site to explore gender, religion, race, citizenship, socialism, and nation. Beyond her engagement with how the Rastafarian idea of Africa translated into a lived reality, she demonstrates how Tanzanian state and nonstate actors not only validated the Rastafarian idea of diaspora but were also crucial to defining the parameters of Pan-Africanism.
Based on previously undiscovered oral and written sources from Tanzania, Jamaica, England, the United States, and Trinidad, Bedasse uncovers a vast and varied transnational network — including Julius Nyerere, Michael Manley, and C. L. R James — revealing Rastafari’s entrenchment in the making of Pan-Africanism in the postindependence period.
Editions of Jah Kingdom
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469633589
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469633596
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469633619
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890849311
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469633602
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890849304
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From its beginnings in 1930s Jamaica, the Rastafarian movement has become a global presence. While the existing studies of the Rastafarian movement have primarily focused on its cultural expression through reggae music, art, and iconography, Monique A. Bedasse argues that repatriation to Africa represents the most important vehicle of Rastafari’s international growth. Shifting the scholarship on repatriation from Ethiopia to Tanzania, Bedasse foregrounds Rastafari’s enduring connection to black radical politics and establishes Tanzania as a critical site to explore gender, religion, race, citizenship, socialism, and nation. Beyond her engagement with how the Rastafarian idea of Africa translated into a lived reality, she demonstrates how Tanzanian state and nonstate actors not only validated the Rastafarian idea of diaspora but were also crucial to defining the parameters of Pan-Africanism.
Based on previously undiscovered oral and written sources from Tanzania, Jamaica, England, the United States, and Trinidad, Bedasse uncovers a vast and varied transnational network — including Julius Nyerere, Michael Manley, and C. L. R James — revealing Rastafari’s entrenchment in the making of Pan-Africanism in the postindependence period.
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What is Jah Kingdom about?
From its beginnings in 1930s Jamaica, the Rastafarian movement has become a global presence. While the existing studies of the Rastafarian movement have primarily focused on its cultural expression through reggae music, art, and iconography, Monique A. Bedasse argues that repatriation to Africa represents the most important vehicle of Rastafari’s international growth. Shifting the scholarship on repatriation from Ethiopia to Tanzania, Bedasse foregrounds Rastafari’s enduring connection to black radical politics and establishes Tanzania as a critical site to explore gender, religion, race, citizenship, socialism, and nation. Beyond her engagement with how the Rastafarian idea of Africa translated into a lived reality, she demonstrates how Tanzanian state and nonstate actors not only validated the Rastafarian idea of diaspora but were also crucial to defining the parameters of Pan-Africanism.
Based on previously undiscovered oral and written sources from Tanzania, Jamaica, England, the United States, and Trinidad, Bedasse uncovers a vast and varied transnational network — including Julius Nyerere, Michael Manley, and C. L. R James — revealing Rastafari’s entrenchment in the making of Pan-Africanism in the postindependence period.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Jah Kingdom?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Ethnic studies / Ethnicity
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How long is Jah Kingdom and how many pages does it have?
Jah Kingdom has 270 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Jah Kingdom?
Monique A. Bedasse
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Jah Kingdom is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469633589) and paperback(ISBN 9781469633596) and ebook(ISBN 9781469633619) and ebook(ISBN 9798890849311) and ebook(ISBN 9781469633602) and pdf(ISBN 9798890849304)
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