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Podcast: New Books in African American Studies
Episode: Erin C. MacLeod, "Visions of Zion: Ethiopians and Rastafari in the Search for the Promised Land" (NYU Press, 2014)
Description: InĀ reggae song after reggae song Bob Marley and other reggae singers speak of theĀ Promised Land of Ethiopia. "Repatriation is a must!" they cry. The RastafariĀ have been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica inĀ 1930s. They consider it the Promised Land, and repatriation is aĀ cornerstone of their faith. Though Ethiopians see Rastafari as immigrants, theĀ Rastafari see themselves as returning members of the Ethiopian diaspora.Ā InĀ Visions of Zion: Ethiopians and Rastafari in the Search for the Promised LandĀ (NYU Press, 2014), Erin C. MacLeod offers the first in-depthĀ investigation into how Ethiopians...