Rastafari Movement: Founder, Beliefs, And Symbolism
Leonard Percival Howell, founder of the Rastafari movement, advocated for a return to Africa and the worship of Emperor Haile Selassie I as God incarnate. His teachings, rooted in Afrocentrism and Pan-Africanism, inspired the movement’s core beliefs, including the divinity of Selassie, the importance of repatriation, and the use of ganja as a sacred plant….