Rastafarianism: A religion or a misunderstood way of life?

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The Rastas of Kibera start the interview with a broad background on their faith: belief that blacks are the chosen people, following many Old Testament laws, a strict diet, smoking marijuana, growing dreadlocks, the lion symbol and red-green-gold-and-black colours.

Then they become more specific: there’s a need for more research on marijuana as it is “a harmless natural herb that has been used for millions and millions of years”; they complained of discrimination and harassment of dreadlocked people — including by security agencies who lock them out during recruitment yet “the first people to serve in the Kenyan army were Rastafari (the Mau Mau)”.

At the front of the Kibera workshop — known as Haile Selassie Africa Restoration Centre — is a shop that sells various bespoke Rasta items. The Rastafarians tell us that they have occupied the place for the past 27 years after reclaiming a dumpsite.

Of the Rastafarians in the house during the interview, 48-year-old John Wambua is the oldest — and arguably the man of the moment because of a case involving his daughter that has captured the headlines.
Rastafarianism: A religion or a misunderstood way of life?

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