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    After the terrible and horrific scenes of World War 1, countries certainly did not want to get into that mess again. The war brought about too many damages in the world especially in countries that had the war going on in their home fronts. Huge amounts of lives were lost and countries had to suffer the pain of rebuilding themselves back from that devastation. There was no way they were going to allow another world war like that come again because it will literally cost them a fortune to rebuild

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    Also important to the influence of Reggae was Bob Marley and the Wailers. Marley was born as Nesta Robert Marley on February 6, 1945 in a village called Nine Miles, Jamaica (“Reggae Artist”). In the late 1950’s when Marley was a teenager, he moved to a place called Trench Town. When he was in Trench Town, he found musical inspiration from listening to artists like Ray Charles, Elvis, Fats Domino, and the Drifters. He also met a future-Wailer in Trench Town, Peter Tosh. The Wailers would soon be formed

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    downfall. “What we want is... uncensored theatre.” Harry Hopkins once said. Although the FTP promised uncensored theatre, it could only hold its position of uncensored for a meager six months. The play that was censored, or shut down, featured Haile Selassie and Mussolini during the Italian invasion. For a part in the play, a recording of President Roosevelt’s speech on the matter was obtained. When the Government heard of this, they immediately shut down the play and banned any use of foreign rulers

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    Jamaica is a small, unique English speaking Caribbean Island south of Cuba. I grew up in a vibrant, religious, mixed culture were majority of the people are African, West-Indians, Chinese, Europeans respectively. I was born and raised in a culture were respect is of utmost importance, were you weren’t allowed to talk back to our parents or any one that is considered as your elderly. Even to our younger siblings we were not allow to respond to them in a disrespectful mean manner. I grew up in a culture

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    Rastafari This page intentionally left blank Rastafari From Outcasts to Culture Bearers Ennis Barrington Edmonds 2003 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala

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    "Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.” (17 Uplifting Bob Marley) and “One love, one heart. Let’s get together and feel all right” (17 Uplifting Bob Marley) are two quotes of this respected icon which show case just some of his uplifting views he had on life. Bob was a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, Rastafarian, and stoner who achieved international fame and acclaim, the life of the popular reggae star Bob Marley is sure to amaze all.   Robert

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    There a lot of things in this world that can define a person as an individual like by your hair, your race, and background one of those things is your religion in some cultures of religion is one of the most important aspects in the life the religions that are practice in countries that are religions and there's even religion better practice among just few people there's religion that worship a mighty powerful God and there's even religions that even worship animals and did my research on a lot of

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    a Federation. “Eritrea was to have its own administrative and judicial structure, its own flag, and control over its domestic affairs, including police, local administration, and taxation.”(Selassie 1989) This was the beginning of their independence. After ten years under this system Emperor Haile Selassie dissolved the Eritrean parliament and then annexed Eritrea back to Ethiopia. This action was the start of the thirty years war waged by the Eritreans against the Ethiopian rule. “In an April

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    The Rastafari, Jediism and The Raelian Movements are all smaller new religions that believe in some type of force. One is they have ethical beliefs as well as code of conducts even though they do not share the same beliefs they all have their own set that they believe in and live by. They all have a set of community because all it takes a group of likeminded people to become a community and eventually a religion in most aspects, there are always a few people that believe and have a passion the same

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    Reggae music: Bob Marley Reggae is one of the most popular and influential musical genre of 20th century. It was originated in the late 1960’s in Jamaica. It was influenced by traditional mento, calypso music, also by American jazz, R&B and blues. However, reggae initiated from the genres ska and rocksteady. The tempo of this music is slower than its precursors’. While listening to reggae music one can feel relaxed and at the same time be impressed by its protestant mood. This phenomena is accompanied

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