The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs. The justices will review ...

Poet Safiya Sinclair grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in a devout Rastafari family. Her father, a reggae singer, ruled the home, dictating what to eat, how to dress and who she could or couldn't ...

In a case that may reshape how religious liberty is protected behind bars, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that ...

As a teacher of Afro-Caribbean history and culture, Senior Lecturer of Africana Studies and Linguistics Iyabo F. Osiapem noticed that her students at William & Mary took quite an interest in Bob ...

Rastafari adherents in the U.S., many of them Black, say they have endured both racial and religious profiling by law enforcement agencies due to their ritualistic use of cannabis.

For decades, members of the Rastafari community have been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic marijuana use. But the islands of Antigua and Barbuda recently became one of the first ...

A Rastafari’s personal relationship with “Jah,” or God, is considered central to the faith. SACRAMENTAL MARIJUANA. Rastafari followers believe the use of marijuana is directed in biblical ...

Rastafari is love of one and all; do unto others as I & I would have others do unto I & I. The more immediate, open and conscious I & I live, ...

Safiya Sinclair was raised to be Rastafari; instead, she became a poet. Why it took her more than a decade to write the lyrical memoir 'How to Say Babylon' ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a case in which a Rastafarian inmate is suing intake officers for shaving his dreadlocks in violation of his religious rights. The case of former ...

For Rastafari, the practice brings them closer to the divine. But for decades, many have been jailed and endured racial and religious profiling by law enforcement because of their marijuana use.