Addis Ababa — Rasta's Paradise, a documentary film by Parine Jaddo, premiered at City Hall on Saturday, May 5, 2007. The film aims to connect the historical and spiritual Rastafari movement to its ...

Rastafarians from around the world have been settling in Ethiopia for the last 50 years, after being given land by Emperor Haile Selassie. Today, life in "the promised land" is far from the paradise ...

Ghana’s reggae superstar Blakk Rasta will be one of the headline acts at the forthcoming reggae festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival, which comes off on the 6th of February, commemorates ...

THEY came from across the world to Ethiopia in search of their "promised land", but for many Rastafarians, struggling to win even basic rights, the dream never materialised. "How did we survive so far ...

2000-12-04 04:00:00 PDT Shashemene, Ethiopia-- The voluminous plumes of marijuana smoke that stream from Isaiah Kelly's mouth obscure the creases and wrinkles of a face aged prematurely by hardship.

Rastafarians drum and sing during a special prayer and worship meeting at Menengai forest in Kenya. James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The week of July 23, 2023, thousands of ...

Isaac's story begins in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he grew up with dozens of other adopted brothers and sisters under the care of Haile Selassie I, who ruled Ethiopia at the time and is regarded as ...

Rastafarians around the world see Ethiopia as their spiritual home. Many of them believe the country’s last king, Haile Selassie, was a descendent of King Solomon and the messiah. Many of the men ...

Far far across the valley comes the sound of an almighty procession Zion bound. Chanting chanting Iyabinghi drums yunder and yant the call to redemption, Babylon doomed to fall, Iyudgmant to come ...

When Julian Whitely lived in New York he was a go-to for legendary musician Bob Marley and his band The Wailers. Recalling his time as a fixer for the group, he remembers being asked to do all manner ...

Rastafarians have been moving to Ethiopia for decades as a part spiritual journey, part political mission to repatriate Africa with the sons and daughters of African slaves. Rastas consider Ethiopia ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said Friday it will issue identification cards to Rastafarians, granting rights to a community that has long complained of living in limbo in their ...