Rastafari
Rastafari is a religious and social movement that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s, centered on African identity, spiritual redemption, and reverence for Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I.
The movement developed among Afro-Jamaican communities in the 1930s, drawing on Christian scripture alongside a Pan-African consciousness that looked toward Africa, and especially Ethiopia, as a spiritual and ancestral homeland.
Many early Rastafarians regarded the coronation of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930 as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, and reverence for Selassie remains a central, though not universal, feature of Rastafarian belief.
Rastafari became closely associated with reggae music, particularly through the global popularity of musician Bob Marley, and is also recognized for distinctive cultural practices including dreadlocks and a natural, plant-based diet known as ital, with adherents found today particularly in Jamaica and across the African diaspora.