Book of Memory delves deep into the early days of Rasta culture in rural Jamaica, and with a compelling voice Prince reasons on the Bible and Selassie, politics and human rights, ital food and bush medicine. Michael Kuelker, the book's editor, supports the text with more than 100 footnotes, and in the third of the book’s three parts, he adds ethnographic narratives of Rasta commemorations of the Coral Gardens Incident, an episode of repression and violence against Rastas in 1963. These annual commemorations feature reasonings on contemporary politics, dub poetry, nyahbinghi music and eyewitness testimony of survivors of the Incident, and the reports of them in Book of Memory help bring the book up to date on Rasta culture in Jamaica today.
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Book of Memory is the "Rastafari testimony" of Jamaican Rasta elder Prince Williams. The book is one of the few of its kind - a book-length work in the words of one Rastafarian about the culture - and is conveyed in patois, the Africanized English spoken by the majority of Jamaicans.
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"Fascinating ... [Williams] has some sharp observations." -- New Internationalist - May 2005
"Fascinating and timely [...] should be required reading for anyone seeking a peaceful solution for the problems of mankind." -- Caribbean Beat - May/June 2005
"There are so many different facets of this huge jewel; it shines from so many surfaces." -- The Beat - December 2004
"Thoroughly engaging and eminently thought-provoking, Book of Memory is a must for reggae enthusiasts." -- David Katz - Mojo magazine - June 2005
"a resolute declaration of faith, a veritable polemic [...] an ethnographic treatise, [...] a seven-year labor of love" -- Ted Boothroyd, The Beat, Vol. 23, No. 6
From Prince [...] come the truths of eternity, ever new, ever living, ever immediate and more necessary than ever. -- Roger Steffens, reggae historian
"Fascinating and timely [...] should be required reading for anyone seeking a peaceful solution for the problems of mankind." -- Caribbean Beat - May/June 2005
"There are so many different facets of this huge jewel; it shines from so many surfaces." -- The Beat - December 2004
"Thoroughly engaging and eminently thought-provoking, Book of Memory is a must for reggae enthusiasts." -- David Katz - Mojo magazine - June 2005
"a resolute declaration of faith, a veritable polemic [...] an ethnographic treatise, [...] a seven-year labor of love" -- Ted Boothroyd, The Beat, Vol. 23, No. 6
From Prince [...] come the truths of eternity, ever new, ever living, ever immediate and more necessary than ever. -- Roger Steffens, reggae historian
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The text was produced out of dozens of hours of taped reasonings in Jamaica over a seven-year period.
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An OVERstanding of Rastafari,
By Jah-Jim "Ethiopian Archives" (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Book of Memory: A Rastafari Testimony (Paperback)
The author, the editor and Jah (Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia) have come together to share an in-depth look at one particular Rastafari view and experience, a truly moving and informative look at Jamaica's greatest gift to the world: Peace and One Love. Great respect is due to all who played a role in the writing and publishing of this great book.
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At the time of the Coral Gardens insolence, I-man was 20 years old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coral Gardens, Montego Bay, Salt Marsh, Book of Memory, Michael Manley, Haile Selassie, Bob Marley, Amblin Estate, Marcus Garvey, Jah Rastafari, Peter Tosh, New York, Spanish Town, Addis Ababa, Martha Brae, United States, University of West Indies, Bounty Hall, Busha Hewitt, Prince Tebah, Sam Sharpe Square, South Africa, United Nations, Barry Chevannes, Bongo Dean New!
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At the time of the Coral Gardens insolence, I-man was 20 years old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coral Gardens, Montego Bay, Salt Marsh, Book of Memory, Michael Manley, Haile Selassie, Bob Marley, Amblin Estate, Marcus Garvey, Jah Rastafari, Peter Tosh, New York, Spanish Town, Addis Ababa, Martha Brae, United States, University of West Indies, Bounty Hall, Busha Hewitt, Prince Tebah, Sam Sharpe Square, South Africa, United Nations, Barry Chevannes, Bongo Dean New!
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- Rastafari: Roots and Ideology (Utopianism & Communitarianism) by Barry Chevannes on page 409, page 417, and page 419
- Politics in Jamaica by Anthony J. Payne on page 412, and page 416
- Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney by Horace Campbell on page 398, and page 417
- Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader by Nathaniel Samuel Murrell on page 404
- From Babylon to Rastafari: Origin and History of the Rastafarian Movement by Douglas R. A. Mack on page 411
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