THE STORY: Behind Rastafari….
OF LATE, I was watching a documentary directed by Sonia Anderson and produced in 2007. Now during my childhood, if anything associated with smoking weed the first things that used to come in my mind was Rastafarian and Jamaica. Yet again, there is most noted person behind spreading message of Rastafarian via Reggie music. He still remain a figure of the 20th century, he died three-and-a-half decades ago. He was born from a white father and a bl ack mother. He still stands as Bob Marley, his Rastafarian beliefs and life experiences shaped him and ultimately, the music revered by millions of people around the world. But, why Rastafarian? November 2, 1930, Tafari Makonnen was crowned emperor of Ethiopian with baptismal name Halie Selassie. There and then, Rastafari was derived from Halie Selassie name; it is a conflation of RAS, the title given to Amharic royalty in Ethiopia and Tafari, his pre-coronation name. Yet, Bob’s dedication and hard work to ensuring th...