Nov
19
The town that Rastafarians built
By:
RFA
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No where is this more the case than among a community of Rastafarians, who have settled in the small southern Ethiopian town of Shashamene. The Rastafarians, who are mainly from Jamaica, started migrating to Ethiopia 38 years ago, when Haile Selassie, whom they consider to be God incarnate, gave them 500 hectares of land on which to settle. Since the first 12 Jamaican settlers in 1963, the community has grown to over 200 families. Room for more Papa Rocky, a 74 year old Rastafarian elder from Jamaica believes western countries should help repatriate all those who might... |
