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Their belief, different than Christianity, although similar in a lot of ways, similar to Judaism in a lot of ways, their belief is that, like I said, Selassie was the Messiah, right? This is an Afro-centric belief. How did it get to Jamaica? The transatlantic slave trade. So it gets to Jamaica via the slave trade, right? We got carted off. Remember, this is an Afrocentric belief.

Their belief, different than Christianity, although similar in a lot of ways, similar to Judaism in a lot of ways, their belief is that, like I said, Selassie was the Messiah, right? This is an Afro-centric belief. How did it get to Jamaica? The transatlantic slave trade. So it gets to Jamaica via the slave trade, right? We got carted off. Remember, this is an Afrocentric belief.

And when Africans got brought to Jamaica, they brought their beliefs. And then it synced, you know, had a lot of syncretism with a lot of like the voodoo and tribal and Caribbean practices, you know, a lot of the stuff that was happening in the Caribbean that, because again,

And when Africans got brought to Jamaica, they brought their beliefs. And then it synced, you know, had a lot of syncretism with a lot of like the voodoo and tribal and Caribbean practices, you know, a lot of the stuff that was happening in the Caribbean that, because again,

And when Africans got brought to Jamaica, they brought their beliefs. And then it synced, you know, had a lot of syncretism with a lot of like the voodoo and tribal and Caribbean practices, you know, a lot of the stuff that was happening in the Caribbean that, because again,

This is East Africa, West Africa with the Arishi and a lot of the West African beliefs are a little more animus and not so Abrahamic, if you will, right? All that to say, just like any other faith tradition or practice, when it travels, it takes on a lot of the personalities, traditions, and practices of the people that it traveled with

This is East Africa, West Africa with the Arishi and a lot of the West African beliefs are a little more animus and not so Abrahamic, if you will, right? All that to say, just like any other faith tradition or practice, when it travels, it takes on a lot of the personalities, traditions, and practices of the people that it traveled with

This is East Africa, West Africa with the Arishi and a lot of the West African beliefs are a little more animus and not so Abrahamic, if you will, right? All that to say, just like any other faith tradition or practice, when it travels, it takes on a lot of the personalities, traditions, and practices of the people that it traveled with

and the location it lands so the music that you hear because obviously if you hear music in ethiopia it don't sound like reggae because reggae is jamaican right so what you consider rastafarian you think caribbean because that's i mean i get it right and ethiopia is christian Of course, obviously, it's a modern country. There's millions of religions there. Not millions, but you know what I mean.

and the location it lands so the music that you hear because obviously if you hear music in ethiopia it don't sound like reggae because reggae is jamaican right so what you consider rastafarian you think caribbean because that's i mean i get it right and ethiopia is christian Of course, obviously, it's a modern country. There's millions of religions there. Not millions, but you know what I mean.

and the location it lands so the music that you hear because obviously if you hear music in ethiopia it don't sound like reggae because reggae is jamaican right so what you consider rastafarian you think caribbean because that's i mean i get it right and ethiopia is christian Of course, obviously, it's a modern country. There's millions of religions there. Not millions, but you know what I mean.

There's a lot of different religions there. But Ethiopia is Christian. Rasta... That's birthed out of the diaspora that has its tie to Ethiopia. Y'all following me? Okay. You have people like Marcus Garvey, right? Who we need to, at some point, do a whole study on him and the Back to Africa movement. And I don't have time to get into the depths of Marcus Garvey.

There's a lot of different religions there. But Ethiopia is Christian. Rasta... That's birthed out of the diaspora that has its tie to Ethiopia. Y'all following me? Okay. You have people like Marcus Garvey, right? Who we need to, at some point, do a whole study on him and the Back to Africa movement. And I don't have time to get into the depths of Marcus Garvey.

There's a lot of different religions there. But Ethiopia is Christian. Rasta... That's birthed out of the diaspora that has its tie to Ethiopia. Y'all following me? Okay. You have people like Marcus Garvey, right? Who we need to, at some point, do a whole study on him and the Back to Africa movement. And I don't have time to get into the depths of Marcus Garvey.

But the point was, as far as the pan-African experience, the diaspora, we who got separated from our land, whether it was... your run of the mill Black Baptist slave in Tuscaloosa, right, in Mobile, Alabama, backwoods of Pritchard and, you know, Macon, Georgia, that we was on the plantations. If a Bible got into our hands, it was so easy to see ourselves in the children of Israel.

But the point was, as far as the pan-African experience, the diaspora, we who got separated from our land, whether it was... your run of the mill Black Baptist slave in Tuscaloosa, right, in Mobile, Alabama, backwoods of Pritchard and, you know, Macon, Georgia, that we was on the plantations. If a Bible got into our hands, it was so easy to see ourselves in the children of Israel.

But the point was, as far as the pan-African experience, the diaspora, we who got separated from our land, whether it was... your run of the mill Black Baptist slave in Tuscaloosa, right, in Mobile, Alabama, backwoods of Pritchard and, you know, Macon, Georgia, that we was on the plantations. If a Bible got into our hands, it was so easy to see ourselves in the children of Israel.

Like, it's not hard to see if you read the book of Exodus, you like, well, damn, that's us. It was too, it was too, the connection is too obvious. We're like, oh my gosh, carted off into slavery from a distant land. Like, and then there's a longing for a return to your promised land. And the capital of my promised land is the city of Zion. You following me?

Like, it's not hard to see if you read the book of Exodus, you like, well, damn, that's us. It was too, it was too, the connection is too obvious. We're like, oh my gosh, carted off into slavery from a distant land. Like, and then there's a longing for a return to your promised land. And the capital of my promised land is the city of Zion. You following me?

Like, it's not hard to see if you read the book of Exodus, you like, well, damn, that's us. It was too, it was too, the connection is too obvious. We're like, oh my gosh, carted off into slavery from a distant land. Like, and then there's a longing for a return to your promised land. And the capital of my promised land is the city of Zion. You following me?