Their dreadlocked image and marijuana-laced mysticism are used to promote Jamaica as a tranquil tourist destination yet Rastafarians say they're treated as second-class citizens at home. The religion ...

HAVANA, Cuba (IPS) – Long dreadlocks stuffed into trademark red, black, green and yellow tams (knitted caps), which sometimes carry a symbol of an Afro-Cuban religion or even a US flag, Bob Marley ...

Hundreds of Rastafarians came together last month in Jamaica, the birthplace of the movement, for the weeklong Rastafari Global Reasoning 2003. The official motto for the worldwide meeting, which ...

I step out of the airport into the tropical night to find myself alone in Jamaica. There are cab drivers galore and one guy with a sign that bears a name that's not mine. I walk a while through the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Attorney-at-law Marcus Goffe is upset that members of the Rastafari community who plant ganja for sacramental purposes are still being subjected to what he calls constant ...

Though dreadlocks and reggae music are the familiar symbols of the Rastafari religion, the lesser-known style of eating its followers adhere to is more telling of the belief system. To stay healthy ...

Senior officers hope both 'faith networks' will draw together practising Pagans and Rastas so they can support one another in work PAGANS and Rastas serving in the military are getting their own ...

House of Rastafari leaders have condemned a Supreme Court ruling that left a convicted man’s dreadlocks subject to prison barbers. Leaders say the decision reflects a long-standing pattern of cultural ...

Bob Marley used to drink an Irish moss-based concoction every morning. This red seaweed, which does not exactly evoke the Caribbean, was introduced to Jamaica in the 17th century by Irish immigrant ...

Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Timothy Mtambo, on Friday engaged with the Rastafarian community at their gathering site in Area 47, Lilongwe where they urged government to have ...