Rasta and Resistance

A detailed study by Horace Campbell of the Rastafari movement, the foremost Pan-African and Pan-Caribbean political force in the Caribbean. Spanning roughly fifty years, the book traces the development of the Rasta cause and the resistance of the black people against the exploitative capitalist system from the era of Marcus Garvey through to the recent contribution of Walter Rodney in the black man’s struggle for liberation. The Rasta challenge is posed not only to the Caribbean but to the whole western world, forcing it to come to terms with the history of slavery, the reality of white racism, and the indefatigable thrust of the black people for dignity and self-respect. A foundational text of Caribbean and Pan-African studies, linking Rastafari religious thought to the longer history of black political resistance. Reissued as part of Mkuki na Nyota’s Classic series, the book remains essential reading for students of African and Caribbean liberation, religion and politics, and the global Black Atlantic.