Bob Marley & Rastafari: A Survey

Professor Darren Middleton, who has been using my novel, Benjamin, my Son, in his Caribbean literature classes, has been asking me some questions about Rastafari and Benjamin for inclusion in Caribbean Quarterly. This has led me to do some further thinking about a question that I’ve often wondered about: How has Rastafari influenced our lives?


This is something that I've been thinking about for a long time, but I didn't have the means to create. With the aid of technology, I am now able to do this. I’m going to run the poll for about a month (October 4-31). I really want to hear from Africans because of the connection of Rastafari and Africa, but everyone is invited to the party. Please help me by spreading the word as far and wide as you can. Again, give thanks for your help.

Coda

I’d planned to run the poll that way until Joshua from In an African Minute, sent me this: “I'm not sure how Rastafari has influenced our lives, or at least mine, except for Marley.” So, I’ve added one more question: How has the music of Bob Marley influenced your life? I may be in deeper than I know right now, but we’ll see what happens.

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