Coolie Gang, Ghettos and Rastafari: A Story of Four Continents and A Couple Black Markets

<p>"In most scholarship, the Rastafari movement is thought to have formed from a rethinking of biblical prophecies enabled by Black consciousness. Rastafari scholars have not sufficiently probed the tentative connections between the movement and Hinduism. Most map the movement in a dialectic between White oppressive Christianity and oppressed Afro-Jamaicans, which has produced a Rastafari that reappropriates, repurposes, and reproduces the Black and African ethos while actively disentangling the Afro-Indian intimacies that are found across the archives. Moreover, this view diminishes the agency of the members of the Jamaican lower class (the Indo and Afro-Jamaicans) to organize among themselves. This <em>[audio]</em> article... aims to excavate the historical silences of the Hindu contributions to the genesis and development of the movement’s metaphysics"&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Song at the beginning of episode: Super Cat - Ghetto Red Hot</em></p> <p><em>Song at the end of episode: Beverly Pancham Ramparsard - Chitawaniya Me Naina</em>&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>For information on the sources used in this episode, visit our website at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0tqb3ZfV0RON3RNcVZGS0RGU0FEVVRoUjhHUXxBQ3Jtc0tuTkl4T1hLLTk0RmVrYjBreVpuN2NMcXplY3ZzTTc1N1QzQktDN29nVFpsNTA5eGRGSXVCLU1mOEtfaUltcjJqRUVlVEFBejRKQXBSa3JGdi1FRTlyV09GUkNaUmlMaWZ4elNHTGZfazRQNXh3LWRkOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tenementyaadmedia.com%2F">https://www.tenementyaadmedia.com/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Don't forget to follow us on our social media</p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tenementyaad_?lan">https://twitter.com/tenementyaad_?lan</a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tenementyaad_/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/tenementyaad_/?hl=en</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Want to support The Yaad monetary? Click <a href="https://secure.squarespace.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5fe6499a48c30047e6154d9a&amp;ss_cvr=ddd148d3-ed0e-4f73-b5bb-6ba665aebf30%7C1616700384604%7C16238106