Tag Archives: Jamaica
Harder Sounds
After posting about Rockers yesterday, I realized we’re celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Harder They Come (1972) this year. Both films are usually found at the top of any list of reggae music films. For me Harder is a fun, flashy crime genre flick about an antihero on the run, but Rockers is a [...]
Posted in Cinema, Music
Tagged Jamaica, Kingston, Rasta, reggae, Rockers, The Harder They Come
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King of Kingston
Fifty years ago, in April 1966, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie visited Jamaica for the very first time. Selassie was a controversial statesman. He is also the figurehead of the Rastafari religion which views Selassie as the returned messiah of the Bible. Here’s a bit about the man… Among the Rastafari movement, whose followers are estimated [...]
Posted in Counter Culture
Tagged 1966, April, Bible, Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, Jamaica, messiah, Rastafarian
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