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Scope note
A religious and political movement originating in Jamaica in the 1930s that identifies the former Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia as the Messiah, and Africans as the chosen people of the Bible.
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Rastafari movement
Rastafarianism
Rastafarians
Rastas
Broader terms
religious movements
Related terms
Afro-Caribbeans
Subject category
06.05 RELIGIOUS PROCESSES AND ORGANIZATION
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Added 2013.
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