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April 23, 2016
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Ian Boyne: Why Jamaica Needs Rastafari

Over fifty years ago, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I visited Jamaica, one of the most memorable and frenzied events to have taken place here. It's not that all Jamaica was enamoured by the Rastafarians' claim that God had visited Jamaica. It was jus...

August 17, 2014
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Steve Biko speaks on The Black Consciousness Movement

Steve Biko spearheaded the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. He died in 1977, from injuries sustained while in police custody. Born in South Africa in 1946, Steve Biko co-founded the South African Students' Organization in 1968, subsequently spe...