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title: "Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader"
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# Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader

**Brand:** nathaniel samuel murrell
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Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader

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## Customer Reviews

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    Still own it
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013*

I purchased this book for a class a few years back.  It was not my first choice for a history class, but the professor was an interesting one and it was an area of history that was not so familiar to me, so I took the class on the Caribbean.  This was one of the books we used toward the end.  It was definitely interesting to read, though I have yet to read the entire book.  It is easy to dip in read a chapter or so and skip around.  This made it pretty low pressure, which was nice.  It had a lot of unfamiliar information and cultural insight, which was also really good.  The stories were interesting and held my attention.  All of this even though my favorite era to study is earlier (500's ish-1600's ish) and favorite places are Europe and Asia.  So, yeah, good book.  If you want to know more about the Rasta movement _Chanting Down Babylon_ is an excellent book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Rastamon Watch as Babylon Falls
  

*by O***H on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2010*

The Rastafarian movement had largely been a Jamaican phenomenon from its inception in the 1930s until the 1960s, when immigrants from the Caribbean migrated internationally. This collection of essays attempts to define in populist manner Rastafari; its beginnings, successes, and failures; its belief system; and its religious, economic, cultural, psychological, and social connotations. With no formal structure, Rastafari is an evolving belief system based on the principles of Leonard Howell's The Promised Key. Its message of Afrocentricity is important, but the resistance and liberation psychology, along with reggae music, all give meaning to people's lives. The "Downpression" of Jamaican society reflects a "Babylonian" experience of the black's soulful desolation. From the life-affirming practices of Rastafari, selfhood and dignity is reclaimed. Bible study, fasting, and living with the earth were early components; later the African tradition of ganja smoking was used in rituals to commune on a higher plane. One way Rastafari !!!!

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    Strong collection of well-written essays!
  

*by G***K on Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015*

A great collection of essays that examine multiple aspects of an often-misunderstood way of life, written by a host of insightful authors. The essays explore and analyze the history of Rastafari, Rastafari and gender issues, the Rastafari/Marcus Garvey connections and disconnections, and more. This represents an important contribution to those interested in the African diaspora in the Americas.

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