The Rastafarian movement cam about in Jamaica in the 1930's and arose in a christian culture. It is referred to as a way of life rather than as a religion by most Rastafarians who worship Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, former Emperor of Ethiopia and Jah, another incarnation of the Christian God. It proclaims Africa (Zion) as the original birthplace of mankind and embraces various Afrocentric social and political aspirations such as the socialpolitical views and teachings of Jamaican publicist, organizer and black nationalist Marcus Garvey.
In the world today, awareness of Rastafarians movement has spread throughout much of the world through reggae music with one example being Jamaican singer/songwriter Bob Marley.
Biography on Roger Mais
Roger Mais was a Jamaican journalist, novelist, poet and playwright who was born to a middle-class family in Kingston Jamaica on August 11, 1905. By 1951, Mais had won ten first prizes in West Indian literary competitions. He was awarded the high honor of the Order of Jamaica in 1978 for his intregal role in the developement of political and cultural nationalism.
Mais career first started when he worked for the weekly newspaper 'Public Opinion' from 1939 to 1952. He wrote several plays, reviews and short stories for the newspaper Focus and the Jamaican Daily Gleamer focusing his articles on social injustice and inequality. He used this approach to reach his local audience and to primarily push for a national identity and anti-colonialism. In the 1940's. Mais published a play called George William Gordon which focused on the Moran Bay Rebellion of 1865 along with over a hundred short stories. Some of his work includes: Brother Man, and The Hills Were Joyful Together.
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