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Also ask them who the indigenous people of Southern Africa are. They will never acknowledge that it's the Khoisan and that the Bantu are colonizers. https://en

by nroets 3y ago

Also ask them who the indigenous people of Southern Africa are. They will never acknowledge that it's the Khoisan and that the Bantu are colonizers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan

eesmith 3y ago
As https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari points out, there is much diversity among Rastafari, including "black supremacism" and "Other Rasta sects believe that an "African" identity is not inherently linked to black skin but rather is about whether an individual displays an African "attitude" or "spirit"." There are Koisan Rastifari. In https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/download/60344/21201 https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/download/60344/... you can see mention of separate Rastafarian groups: > At the time, he was the sole Khoisan Rastafari in this predominantly Xhosa neighborhood. ... King Yellow often conceptualized himself as culture breaker or a mediator occupying a third position between Khoisan and Xhosa ethnicities, which he clearly distinguishes as separate groups existing in the Rastafarian movement ... "You get a lot of racist wars here in the Rasta community also (...) me, that’s why I went to live in marcus Garvey to break that barrier... (King Yellow 2013) > ... In this crowd, my eye is caught by a group of young, barefoot, bearded men, who are wearing what appears to be sack cloth. I am told by my friend that they are ‘Sakman’, members of a local Khoisan Rastafarian sect, who surrender their life completely to devotion and supposedly live in isolation somewhere outside of the city. Or from https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2017/08/29/khoisan-rastafarianism-a-path-to-peace-in-the-western-cape-south-africa/ https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2017/08/29/khoisan-rastafaria... : > By fusing indigenousness within a universally established religious identity, the Khoisan Rastafarian movement encourages members of the Colored community to discover their roots and to perceive themselves as a part of a global community of Black people who have all experienced oppression through colonialism and/or slavery. As a result, Rastafari promotes peace in South Africa and a larger movement towards recognizing the indigenous KhoiSan people.
- rasjani 3y ago
  Person who wrote that paper about Koisan rastafari interviewed me and few other locals for his doctoral dissertation ;)
  - eesmith 3y ago
    So what would a Koisan Rastafari say when posed your question?
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OneDonOne 3y ago
Suchh divisions are superficial to most Rastaman. As per Peter Tosh: https://genius.com/Peter-tosh-african-lyrics https://genius.com/Peter-tosh-african-lyrics

by nroets 3y ago

eesmith 3y ago

As https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari points out, there is much diversity among Rastafari, including "black supremacism" and "Other Rasta sects believe that an "African" identity is not inherently linked to black skin but rather is about whether an individual displays an African "attitude" or "spirit"." There are Koisan Rastifari. In https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/download/60344/21201 https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/download/60344/... you can see mention of separate Rastafarian groups: > At the time, he was the sole Khoisan Rastafari in this predominantly Xhosa neighborhood. ... King Yellow often conceptualized himself as culture breaker or a mediator occupying a third position between Khoisan and Xhosa ethnicities, which he clearly distinguishes as separate groups existing in the Rastafarian movement ... "You get a lot of racist wars here in the Rasta community also (...) me, that’s why I went to live in marcus Garvey to break that barrier... (King Yellow 2013) > ... In this crowd, my eye is caught by a group of young, barefoot, bearded men, who are wearing what appears to be sack cloth. I am told by my friend that they are ‘Sakman’, members of a local Khoisan Rastafarian sect, who surrender their life completely to devotion and supposedly live in isolation somewhere outside of the city. Or from https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2017/08/29/khoisan-rastafarianism-a-path-to-peace-in-the-western-cape-south-africa/ https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2017/08/29/khoisan-rastafaria... : > By fusing indigenousness within a universally established religious identity, the Khoisan Rastafarian movement encourages members of the Colored community to discover their roots and to perceive themselves as a part of a global community of Black people who have all experienced oppression through colonialism and/or slavery. As a result, Rastafari promotes peace in South Africa and a larger movement towards recognizing the indigenous KhoiSan people.

rasjani 3y ago
Person who wrote that paper about Koisan rastafari interviewed me and few other locals for his doctoral dissertation ;)
- eesmith 3y ago
  So what would a Koisan Rastafari say when posed your question?
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OneDonOne 3y ago

Suchh divisions are superficial to most Rastaman. As per Peter Tosh: https://genius.com/Peter-tosh-african-lyrics https://genius.com/Peter-tosh-african-lyrics