RT Book
T1 Visions of Zion: Ethiopians and Rastafari in the search for the promised land$HErin C. MacLeod
A1 MacLeod, Erin C.
LA English
PP New York London
PB New York University Press
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1628078413
AB "In reggae song after reggae song Bob Marley and other reggae singers speak of the Promised Land of Ethiopia. 'Repatriation is a must!' they cry. The Rastafari have been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica in 1930s. They consider it the Promised Land, and repatriation is a cornerstone of their faith. Though Ethiopians see Rastafari as immigrants, the Rastafari see themselves as returning members of the Ethiopian diaspora. In Visions of Zion, Erin C. MacLeod offers the first in-depth investigation into how Ethiopians perceive Rastafari and Rastafarians within Ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within Ethiopian society. Rastafari are unusual among migrants, basing their movements on spiritual rather than economic choices. This volume offers those who study the movement a broader understanding of the implications of repatriation. Taking the Ethiopian perspective into account, it argues that migrant and diaspora identities are the products of negotiation, and it illuminates the implications of this negotiation for concepts of citizenship, as well as for our understandings of pan-Africanism and south-south migration. Providing a rare look at migration to a non-Western country, this volume also fills a gap in the broader immigration studies literature"--
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index
CN BL2532.R37
SN 978-1-4798-8224-3
K1 Rastafarians : History : Ethiopia
K1 Immigrants : History : Ethiopia
K1 Rastafarians : Public opinion : Ethiopia
K1 Rastafari movement : Public opinion : Ethiopia
K1 Repatriation : Social aspects : Ethiopia
K1 Citizenship : Social aspects : Ethiopia
K1 Ethnicity : Ethiopia
K1 RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
K1 Rastafarians : Ethiopia : History
K1 Immigrants : Ethiopia : History
K1 Rastafarians : Ethiopia : Public opinion
K1 Rastafari movement : Ethiopia : Public opinion
K1 Pan-Africanism
K1 Ethiopia : Emigration and immigration
K1 Ethiopia : Ethnic relations