2000-12-04 04:00:00 PDT Shashemene, Ethiopia-- The voluminous plumes of marijuana smoke that stream from Isaiah Kelly's mouth obscure the creases and wrinkles of a face aged prematurely by hardship.
SHASHEMENE, Ethiopia -- A Jamaican lilt rises in Albert Allen's voice as he chants the multiples of five in English to a group of wiggly children in the cement-block Rasta Community School. Not ...
Former KCRW DJ Roger Steffens edits the Beat magazine's annual Bob Marley Collector's Edition. The Associated Press report came out of the blue. Rita Marley, in Addis Ababa, said the body of her ...
The Addis Ababa Zoo in Ethiopia is home to the descendants of a collection of lions that belonged to the late emperor Haile Selassie, revered by the Rastafarian movement. Unlike other lions, these big ...
Far far across the valley comes the sound of an almighty procession Zion bound. Chanting chanting Iyabinghi drums yunder and yant the call to redemption, Babylon doomed to fall, Iyudgmant to come ...
NAIROBI, Kenya — At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya’s capital, some of the faithful gathered to sing rhythmic songs, read Scripture and exchange teachings ...
NAIROBI, Kenya — At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya’s capital, some of the faithful gathered to sing rhythmic songs, read Scripture and exchange teachings ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya’s capital, some of the faithful gathered to sing rhythmic songs, read Scripture and exchange ...