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Rastafari
From Outcasts to Culture Bearers

Ennis Barrington Edmonds

2003

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Edmonds, Ennis Barrington.
Rastafari : from outcasts to culture bearers / Ennis Barrington Edmonds.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-513376-5
1. Rastafari movement. 2. Jamaica—Religious life and customs. I. Title.
BL2532.R37 E36 2002
299′.676—dc21 2002074897

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To Donnaree, my wife, and Donnisa, my daughter, the two persons around whom my life