Download or read book Daddy Tell Me About the Rastaman written by John M. Moodie and published by Author House. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy Tell Me About the Rastaman is a very deep and serious conversation between a twelve-year-old girl and her father about Rasta. The daughter, Tamika asks some very intriguing questions about Rasta and what it means. Her father is a true Rasta, answering very much upon his truth. Seek and you will find. Ask and it shall be given unto you.
Download or read book Daddy Tell Me about the Rastaman written by John M. Moodie and published by . This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy Tell Me About the Rastaman is a very deep and serious conversation between a twelve-year-old girl and her father about Rasta. The daughter, Tamika asks some very intriguing questions about Rasta and what it means. Her father is a true Rasta, answering very much upon his truth. Seek and you will find. Ask and it shall be given unto you.
Download or read book Hath The Lion Prevailed written by John M. Moodie and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hath . . . The Lion Prevailed? uses the Bible as the main influence. The book shows the world that Haile Selassie I is Jesus Christ returned in his kingly and conquering form. It shows that Jesus conquered death, and for those who follow him will never die. It shows the cross as a symbol of death as it was before Jesus’ time, during His time, and as it still is today: a symbol of death, a graven image of silver, gold, wood, and stone. Hath . . . The Lion Prevailed? is a book that will reveal to anyone why the Rastafarians see Haile Selassie I as the Creator of the Universe.
Download or read book Songs of Irie written by Asha Ashanti Bromfield and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of The Black Kids, Songs of Irie is a sweeping coming-of-age novel from Asha Bromfield about a budding romance struggling to survive amidst the Jamaican civil unrest of the 1970s. It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is from the heart of Kingston, where fighting in the streets is common. Jilly is from the hills, where mansions nestled within lush gardens remain safe behind gates. But the two bond through a shared love of Reggae music, spending time together at Irie's father's record store, listening to so-called rebel music that opens Jilly's mind to a sound and a way of thinking she's never heard before. As tensions build in the streets, so do tensions between the two girls. A budding romance between them complicates things further as the push and pull between their two lives becomes impossible to bear. For Irie, fighting—with her words and her voice—is her only option. Blood is shed on the streets in front of her every day. She has no choice. But Jilly can always choose to escape. Can their bond survive this impossible divide? Asha Bromfield has written a compelling, emotional and heart-rending story of a friendship during wartime and what it means to fight for your words, your life, and the love of your life.
Download or read book The Rasta Girl Who Escapes from Babylon written by Elaine Maskel and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It took several hundred pages of manuscript and over thirteen years of labor for Rasta Girl to become this very unique book that weaves fiction into reality from a Rasta perspective. You will go on the ride of your life as the heroine stretches you across international borders while at the same time confronting various trials in her quest to escape Babylon--on a spiritual journey to get to her true earthly home: Ethiopia! The main character, Princess Natasha, was born on the island of Jamaica and was taught the Rasta way through the eyes of her father. When her father suddenly passes away, she moves to Philadelphia with her younger brother, where they encounter extreme prejudice and the shock of being forced to live in a foreign culture: Babylon! After meeting Jamal, her journey takes her into a Catholic boarding home, but after staying there for a while, Jamal convinces her to move to Washington with him. Once there, Natasha begins to experience mysterious revelations about Jamal as his true character is revealed, and Natasha quickly finds herself in the unfortunate position of having to confront and defeat secret enemies. Rasta Girl is not for the faint of heart, as there is sex, lies, murder, violence, and war in Natasha's quest to reach Mt. Zion, and all the tribulations and confrontations that a Rasta must experience are explored in this exciting book. There are many twists and turns that will keep you turning the pages. Enjoy the ride!
Download or read book Baby Daddy written by Bijan Sebastian Williams and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Bryen as he struggles with the fact that he wants to be more than a baby daddy.
Download or read book Creative Practice and Socioeconomic Crisis in the Caribbean written by Kent J. Wessinger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the world is saturated with extraordinary methods, innovation, and technology, the Caribbean seems to have been left behind in the sustainable growth of global development. While the majority of the world defines the Caribbean as "paradise," the reality of life for Afro-Caribbean culture is defined by an unrelenting hardship. This book comprehensively analyzes this phenomenon from a unique and intimate perspective in order to offer a viable pathway to sustainable growth. By examining the historic progression of the Caribbean region and the African culture within, the author explores the relationship between creative practice and socioeconomic crisis and questions whether limited access to environments that facilitate original and conceptual ideas correlates with socioeconomic crisis. The outcomes and methods of analysis developed in this book are a useful tool for other cultures or organizations seeking to diffuse socioeconomic crisis and implement a pathway of sustainable growth. This innovative book will be of great interest to students and scholars of cultural and sustainability studies, Caribbean and African Studies, as well as Development and Sustainable Development
Download or read book Graphic Showbiz written by Nanabanyin Dadson and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 2005-01-20 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marley Legend written by James Henke and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A slipcased volume chronicles the Jamaican reggae musician's life, and includes removable reproductions of handwritten lyrics and concert schedules, as well as a compact disc featuring music clips and an interview with the songwriter.
Download or read book Rastaman Routledge Revivals written by E. Cashmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1979, this book makes a detailed study of Rastafarianism. It traces the expansion of Rastafarian culture from its origins and development in Jamaica through to the growth of Rastafarian life in Britain. It looks at Rastafarian culture in England in the late 1970s based on the author’s intimate experiences and communications with followers of the movement.
Download or read book The Start of the Journey written by Sandra Ward-Cooper and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography of my life starts on the island of my birth, Jamaica, in 1962. At a young age, my father left my mother, my brother, and myself. He returned months later and illegally took me away at the age of three to live with his mistress and their unborn child. So begins The Start of the Journey: Part One of an Autobiography, a wrenching tale of my inner survival. The experiences and challenges I endured as a child empowered me for this time in my life, for I finally found the peace within me to share my story with others. I have found forgiveness, love, and respect for myself and others who were in our family circle. I cannot change my past, I can only learn and look forward to my future. I am now a stronger person who is no longer vulnerable, I have been empowered; my adversities have all been transformed into triumphs. Sandra Ward-Cooper left Jamaica for Toronto and now lives in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She is an educator and a married mother of four children. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/SandraWardCooper Author's website: http: //thestartofthejourney.com
Download or read book Love Has No Color Love s Legacy written by Edna Taylor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanzee and Basil Barden-Love, with their family, continually and un-dauntingly conquer whatever life metes out. Meanwhile, Gwen Duncan is on the rollercoaster ride of her life; she finds herself enduring things she emphatically detests. For Love, her reason for endurance is the cause of her misery. He is determined not to be bullied by her. She will know there is a difference between Basil and himself! Nanzee, on occasion winces at Gwens thoughtlessness; but she determines never to let it ruin her marriage. Meanwhile, Gwen, herself moves through a maze of uncertainty as their friendship forged since childhood is threatened.
Download or read book Children of Scarface Ii written by Junior Mendez and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book titled; Children of Scarface II subtitled; Am I My Brothers Keeper is a continuation of the saga started in the nonfiction book titled; My Little Garden of Eden subtitled; Im god, were all gods. Still to come in the trilogy is the book titled: The Tree of Life with the subtitle, healing of the nation. These books narrated to contrast the godly and the ungodly secular lifestyles, with biblical doctrines and principles. The atrocities mentioned in Children of Scarface II are real, they essentially occurred in Upstate and Western New York, Mexico, Canada, and in the wilderness of Jamaica. These atrocities are recounted in this book as reported and published by the various news media, and they are available public records. Scarfaces grandmother named Lola, pregnant when she runaway from the wilderness of Duckenfield, to the perilous streets of central Kingston, in Jamaica. She made her way to Rochester, New York; and found refuge amongst a bunch of Rastafarian dreadlocks from Jamaica; they lived in a large house on Terry Street, off Jefferson Avenue. Shortly after Lola gave birth to Scarfaces father in Rochester, Prince, a notorious drug lord from the wilderness, came in search of Lola and the baby. Having a father and a mother living together were the happiest days of Scarfaces childhood, but it did not last for long. Scarfaces father suddenly gunned down in the streets of Rochester, New York. Shortly after that, Scarfaces mother vanished from the streets of the Rochester community. Scarface became an orphan, a motherless and a fatherless child, without any known family member who was not a drug addict, or an alcoholic, or a drug trafficker.
Download or read book How to Say Babylon written by Safiya Sinclair and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair's father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon, the immoral and corrupting influences of the Western world outside their home. He worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure, and believed a woman's highest virtue was her obedience. In an effort to keep Babylon outside the gate, he forbade almost everything. In place of pants, the women in her family were made to wear long skirts and dresses to cover their arms and legs, head wraps to cover their hair, no make-up, no jewelry, no opinions, no friends. Safiya's mother, while loyal to her father, nonetheless gave Safiya and her siblings the gift of books, including poetry, to which Safiya latched on for dear life. And as Safiya watched her mother struggle voicelessly for years under housework and the rigidity of her father's beliefs, she increasingly used her education as a sharp tool with which to find her voice and break free. Inevitably, with her rebellion comes clashes with her father, whose rage and paranoia explodes in increasing violence. As Safiya's voice grows, lyrically and poetically, a collision course is set between them"--
Download or read book A Brief History of Seven Killings written by Marlon James and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.
Download or read book The Other Side written by Desmond Levene and published by MyInkBooks. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Other Side, Rastaman Vibrations depicts the turbulence of Jamaican life in the 1960s-early ‘70s through the passions of 14 year-old Frances Ayee, daughter of Pastor George Ayee. Frances reflected everything that was good and pure in the world. Her love of life was as virtuous and genuine as the smile which she wore and it was as delicate as the flowers which she held. Vilified and forsaken, Frances is thrust into a world of confused voices and turbulent measures. She finds herself pitted against the moral code that is the church’s foundry. Upon giving birth to her son Julius, she is whisked off to New York city to live with her estranged aunt Beverley. Against a backdrop of the Diaspora and simmering civil unrest, young Julius is encouraged by Rasta as he wrestles with love, truth and life. What he learns surpasses human desire as he comes to a keen understanding of the hidden purpose of his own destiny.
Download or read book Diplomatic Para citations written by Sam Okoth Opondo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking seriously the critical conception of diplomacy as the mediation of estrangement, Diplomatic Para-citations turns to the politics and laws that tie modern diplomacy to colonial cultures and the ‘genres of Man’ that they privilege. In an attempt to read ‘the diplomatic’ from the African postcolony, the book probes the injunction at the center of the law of genre that states that “genres are not to be mixed.” This enables it to investigate the citational/recitational forms of knowledge and practices of recognition that reproduce the diplomatic and colonial order of things in the African context. Through a reading of literature, philosophy, and a multiplicity of everyday practices in Africa and its diasporas, Sam Okoth Opondo explores amateur diplomatic practices that provide a counterforce to laws that prescribe faithfulness to a norm/form while proscribing the mixing of genres.
