Introduction au mouvement Rastafari

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned;
That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation;
That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes;
That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race;
That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained;
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed;
Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will;
Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven;
Until that day, the African continent will not know peace.
We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil.

Haile Selassie
Discours repris dans la chanson War de Bob Marley.

En s'unissant, rastas et Burrus créent la musique nyabinhi. L'enracinement africain du tempo burru et la spiritualité des chants rastafariens serviront de soubassement rythmique au ska, puis au reggae.
Le noyau musical se compose de deux tambours (le fundeh et le repeater) et d'une grosse caisse sur lesquels se greffent des instruments additionnels (...).
Les percussions nyabinghi évoquent les battements sourds et hypnotiques du coeur.

2 novembre 1930: Le ras Tafari est couronné empereur Haïlé Sélassié Ier, Roi des Rois, Lion conquérant de la tribu de Juda (...)

1940: mort de Marcus Garvey (...)

1962: indépendance de la Jamaïque (...)

Aout 1975: mort de l'empereur. "Jah can't die!" (...)

11 mai 1981: mort de Bob Marley