Rastafarians: Confrontations Concerning Dreadlocks and Cannabis
Sebastian Poulter
Ethnicity, Law and Human Rights February 19, 1998 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198257738.003.0009 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Cannabis |
| Key points | Argues that the origins of the Rastafarian movement in England remain obscure but probably lie at least partly in a 1955 attempt by a former Jamaican Rastafarian leader to organize a south London branch of the United Afro-West Indian Brotherhood, an effort with only limited impact; by 1958 a group identified as Rastafarians was noted in the Brixton market area. |
Abstract
Abstract: Although the precise origins of the Rastafarian movement in England remain obscure, they probably lie at least partly in the attempt made in 1955 by a former Rastafarian leader from Jamaica to organize a local branch in south London of the Rastafarian-orientated United Afro-West Indian Brotherhood. This end devour had only a very limited impact, but by 1958 ‘a group of bearded and rather conspicuously dressed young men were noted in the Brixton market area’,2 and these were identified as Rastafarians.
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