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John P. homiak

Understanding a Mode rn antiqUe:Challenges to rep resenting ras tafari in

the twenty-first CentUry

Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control.StePhen a. king, cbu b Barry t. BayS iii & P. rene FoSter. Jck: Uv M p, 2002. v +173 . (C Us$ 40.00).

The First Rasta: Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism.hlnelee. Cc: lc h Bk, 2003. v +306 . (C Us$ 26.95).

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bu e i uc ck h cmmu (. 102) cuv uc rcc. i m c, l m v uc k vu Jmc k cc mk . B c j, l ccu x RoyalParchment Scrollb rv fz B pbu, Jmc c u r, m v b b bb c k m b j (.48, 163). a muc m k ccu bc

u u b B c c c m c c m c k v mc .

t v , l uc cmmbk cmmm bu h c mvm.a k r v c, i cu ju u c, v m m - r e. fm cc Bb M C Bck ( c uc m mmu), mmb Mc rv r mb, -m h e hu nb, h l k m . f bk b -u. fc r, The First Rasta u vu cv c. B m l h r, l k cu k cjuc v, , m vm r m cu c Jmc m bv u

b mbc b u umb .

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hill, roBert, 1981. d h: l p. h M V er r Jmc.Epoch9:30-71.


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Caribbean. amm: g Bc pub, . 87-123.

king, StePhen a., 2002.Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control. Jck:Uv M p.

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Gender, Class & Race in Popular Struggles. t nJ: ac w p, . 75-83.

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