ABSTRACT • Africa in the Americas. Genealogy and Diffusion of Rastafari-Reggae. Rastafari and reggae are two distinct phenomena of the Jamaican experience: the first is an anticolonial religious movement, born in the 1930s; the second is a musical genre, a beat that characterized Jamaican popular music since the 1960s. It was because of their coming together that these two cultural phenomena gained international visibility, thanks to a generation of Jamaican artists who converted to Rastafari and used their art to spread the movement across the world. The Rastafari cosmology conveyed by their songs is part of a long ideological tradition, which this article retraces. In doing so, the essay highlights the peculiarities of a movement that, starting out from the ghettoes of Kingston, has inspired young people across the world.
L’Africa nelle Americhe. Genealogia e diffusione del Rastafari-reggae
Elena MADRUSSAN;Elena Barreca
2023-01-01
Abstract
ABSTRACT • Africa in the Americas. Genealogy and Diffusion of Rastafari-Reggae. Rastafari and reggae are two distinct phenomena of the Jamaican experience: the first is an anticolonial religious movement, born in the 1930s; the second is a musical genre, a beat that characterized Jamaican popular music since the 1960s. It was because of their coming together that these two cultural phenomena gained international visibility, thanks to a generation of Jamaican artists who converted to Rastafari and used their art to spread the movement across the world. The Rastafari cosmology conveyed by their songs is part of a long ideological tradition, which this article retraces. In doing so, the essay highlights the peculiarities of a movement that, starting out from the ghettoes of Kingston, has inspired young people across the world.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
