An exploration into why and how Jamaicans become Rastafari in spite
of increasing incrimination of the religion So much has been
written about the Rastafari, yet we know so little about why and
how people join the Rastafari movement. Although popular
understandings evoke images of dreadlocks, reggae, and marijuana,
Rastafarians were persecuted in their country, becoming a people
seeking social justice. Yet new adherents continued to convert to
Rastafari despite facing adverse reactions from their fellow
citizens and from their British rulers. Charles Price draws on
in-depth interviews to reveal the personal experiences of those who
adopted the religion in the 1950s to 1970s, one generation past the
movement's emergence. By talking with these Rastafari elders, he
seeks to understand why and how Jamaicans became Rastafari in spite
of rampant discrimination, and what sustains them in their faith
and identity. Utilizing new conceptual frameworks, Price explores
the identity development of Rastafari, demonstrating how shifts in
the movement's identity-from social pariah to exemplar of
Blackness-have led some of the elder Rastafari to adopt, embrace,
and internalize Rastafari and blackness as central to their concept
of self.
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