After years of applying chemical relaxers, hot comb pressing and other artificial straighteners, Black women across the country have been adopting a more natural way of trending to their tresses.
In the hills overlooking Montego Bay, Jamaica, a jungle of lush greenery and fruit trees including ackee, coconut and breadfruit, kiss the edge of a shallow river. Serene and filled with unspoiled ...
In terms of spiritual significance, few dates compete with April 21, 1966, in the hearts of Rastafari. Celebrated by the faithful the world over as Grounation Day, it marks the visit to Jamaica by the ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya’s capital, some of the faithful gathered to sing rhythmic songs, read Scripture and exchange ...
It's not unusual for an autobiography to chart a person's passage from rags to riches, ignorance to enlightenment, or bondage to freedom. It is unusual to find one as powerful and disturbing as Safiya ...
Julian Marley’s legendary father, Bob Marley, is credited to bringing the Rastafarian culture and music to the world through lyrics instilled with political and theological messaging, based on ancient ...
A federal lawsuit accuses Publix of illegally refusing to accommodate a new employee’s devout Rastafarian beliefs by demanding he cut his dreadlocks to shoulder length. When Guy Usher of Nashville ...