Article: Book of Memory: A Rastafari Testimony.(MIXED MEDIA)(Book Review)

Book of Memory: A Rastafari Testimony

composed by Prince Elijah Williams, edited by Michael Kuelker

(CaribSound, ISBN 0 9746021 0 8)

Outside Jamaica, Rastafarianism is commonly associated with Bob Marley and reggae music; for adventurous tourists it may conjure images of dreadlocked beachbums lounging under palm trees.

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But behind the cliche of a jolly dread smoking a big spliff are tales of hardship and injustice, particularly for those who came to the faith before Marley made it world-famous. Based on the life of Prince Elijah Williams, who became a Rasta in the early 1950s, Book of Memory is a ...

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