To Rastafarians, Empress Menen of Ethiopia is Mother Mary. The wife of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I, was a devout believer in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and a benevolent figure ...

Poet Safiya Sinclair grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in a devout Rastafari family. Her father, a reggae singer, ruled the home, dictating what to eat, how to dress and who she could or couldn't ...

Filmmaker Bianca Nyavingi Brynda explores the roots of the Rastafari culture from a female perspective, examining the movement's various incarnations in Jamaica, Guyana, South America and Canada.

There are some painful relics of Jamaica’s colonial history—many of them related to human rights—that its citizens would like to feel that they have put behind them. Quite apart from antiquated, ...

On February 9, after a seven-month wait, Jamaica's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn recommended that no criminal charges be brought against the policewoman accused of cutting the ...