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The First Rasta: Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism
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The First Rasta: Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism
by Helene Lee

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Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta—ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks—this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey of a man who taught an enslaved people how to be proud...
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Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica (Latin America Otherwise)
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Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica (Latin America Otherwise)
by Deborah A. Thomas

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Modern Blackness is a rich ethnographic exploration of Jamaican identity in the late twentieth century and early twenty-first. Analyzing nationalism, popular culture, and political economy in relation to one another, Deborah A. Thomas illuminates an...
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Rastafari: Roots and Ideology (Utopianism & Communitarianism)
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Rastafari: Roots and Ideology (Utopianism & Communitarianism)
by Barry Chevannes

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A look into the origins and practices of Rastafarianism. From the direct accounts of these early members, the author is able to reconstruct pivotal episodes in Rastafarian history to offer a look into a subgroup of Jamaican society whose beliefs took...
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From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island
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From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island
by Lorna Goodison

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"Throughout her life my mother [Doris] lived in two places at once: Kingston, Jamaica, where she raised a family of nine children, and Harvey River, in the parish of Hanover, where she was born and grew up." In the tradition of Michael Ondaatje's...
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Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld
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Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld
by Laurie Gunst

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Of the ethnic gangs that rule America’s inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island’s politicians, the posses began migrating to the United...
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Jamaica: A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture (In Focus Guides)
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An authoritative and up-to-date guide, "Jamaica in Focus" explores the history and politics, the people and culture, the economy, and the environment, and includes tips on where to go and what to see. Maps, color and b&w photos....
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Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney
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Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney
by Horace Campbell



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Lionheart Gal Life Stories of Jamaican W
by Honor Ford Smith

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Jamaèique Moeurs et coutumes....
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Four Paths to Paradise: A Book About Jamaica
by Hugh B. Cave



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History of Jamaica
by Clinton V Black



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Rosehall Jamaica Story of a People a Leg
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Voices in Exile #1: Voices in Exile: Jamaican Texts of the 18th and 19th Centuries
by Jean Dcosta



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Two Jamaicas
by Philip Curtin



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Jamaica an Island Mosaic
by Peter Abrahams



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Jamaica, land of wood and water.
by Fernando Henriques



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Black Rebels African-caribbean Freedom
by Werner Zips



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Story of the Jamaican People: The History of Jamaica & the World
by Philip Man Sherlock



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Street Preachers, Faith Healers & Herb Doctors in Jamaica, 1890-1925
by Wf Elkins



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Jamaica Movement for Promoting the Enfor
by David Turnbull



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In Old ST James
by John Stewart



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