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Treated as ‘niggers’ in our own country: lived experiences of Rastafarians in the Democratic Malawi [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2020
The focus of this paper is on the lived experiences of Rastafarians in post-1994 Malawi. The one significant change brought about by the elections of 1994 was the amendment of the constitution which had long ignored issues pertaining to human rights ...
Steward Maganga, Luvuyo Ntombana
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Staging displacedness: the disturbing spatial conceits of Edgar Nkosi white’s drama [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Emerging from the author ’s own diasporic experience in the Caribbean, the UK and the United States, Edgar Nkosi White ’s drama reflects the reality of the raciallyoppressed from multiple perspectives.
Casado Gual, Núria
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Oh, Sufferah Children of Jah: Unpacking the Rastafarian Rejection of Traditional Theodicies

open access: yesOpen Theology, 2020
The article maintains that the theological perspectives of RastafarI continue to be under-researched in the Caribbean context with perhaps more attention being paid to their contributions to the racial, musical and linguistic traditions of the region. In
Perkins Anna Kasafi
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Protecting the Traditions of the Maroons and Rastafari: An Analysis of the Adequacy of the Intellectual Property Laws of Jamaica and Proposals for Reform

open access: yesSCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 2009
The Maroon and Rastafari peoples, two communities with significant similarities and differences, are increasingly making demands for recognition of cultural and intellectual property rights from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ).
Marcus Goffe
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JAMAICA: A Famous, Strong but Damaged Brand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Image, brand and reputation are the new capital for nations in the twenty-first century. In this era of the global marketplace, nations, regions and cities are forced to compete with each other for tourists, investment, aid, students, for buyers of their
Johnson, Hume N
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Rastafarian-herbalists' enregisterment of multilingual voices in an informal marketplace [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
What do we mean when we talk about "multilingual voice" in the post-apartheid sociolinguistic context of South Africa? In this paper, I explore this question by reporting on an ethnographic fieldwork project that involved the participant-observation of ...
Williams, Quentin
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Iyaric: specifické kontexty rastafariánského jazyka | Iyaric: Specific Contexts of the Rastafari Language [PDF]

open access: yesSvět Literatury, 2019
The paper introduces Iyaric, the language of the Rastafari movement of Jamaica, as a creative reaction to the domination of European cultural patterns and as one of the main markers of Rastafari identity.
Lenka Philippová
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The appearance and significance of Rastafari cultural aspects in South Africa

open access: yesContree, 2014
This article explores the presence and importance of Rastafari cultural features in South Africa. These cultural aspects include symbols and language that have become popular in South Africa from 1997 when the movement was formalised.1 The symbols ...
Midas Chawane
doaj   +1 more source

Re-Imagining Text — Re-Imagining Hermeneutics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
With the advent of the digital age and new mediums of communication, it is becoming increasingly important for those interested in the interpretation of religious text to look beyond traditional ideas of text and textuality to find the sacred in unlikely
Duncanson-Hales, Christopher
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When South Meets North: A Joint Contact Zone Coinciding With Environmental Gradients in Three Boreal Tree Species

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 8, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Post‐glacial recolonisation of Fennoscandia created secondary contact zones in many species, offering opportunities to study how gene flow and selection contribute to their establishment and maintenance. Here, we analyse genomic data from three boreal tree species—Picea abies, Betula pendula and Pinus sylvestris—sampled along a latitudinal ...
Pilar Herrera‐Egoavil   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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