{UAH} Inside the homes of the last Ethiopian Rastas
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Inside the homes of the last Ethiopian Rastas: A rare glimpse into the lives of the slave descendants who were given a home in Africa by the Rastafarian 'messiah'
- There are 300 Rastafarians living in the community in Sashamane, Ethiopia, 150 miles from Addis Ababa
- Former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie set aside 500 acres of land for descendants of slaves in Jamaica
- Rastafarianism did not become mainstream until the 1960s and 1970s through the rise of Bob Marley
- But it first emerged as a spiritual movement in the 1930s among families of Africans entrapped in Jamaica
A stunning set of photographs reveal the unlikely life of the 300 Rastafarians living in Ethiopia having migrated from the UK, France and Jamaica.
Rastafarianism - which became global in the 1960s and 70s with the music of reggae stars and committed Rastas Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff - first emerged as a spiritual movement in the 1930s among descendants of African slaves in Jamaica, who adopted Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie as their messiah at a time when he stood out as the only independent black monarch in Africa.
A supporter of decolonisation and cooperation among African states then largely under European control, Haile Selassie in the 1950s set aside 500 acres in Shashamane to welcome back descendants of slaves seeking to return home.
They did, and Shashamane is today home to around 300 Rastas, though the population has dwindled from its peak, which at one point stood at 2,000 people about 150 miles from the capital of Addis Ababa.
Nearly 8,000 miles separate Jamaica and Ethiopia, but the Rastafarian community revered Selassie and considered him their God.
When he died in 1975, his followers called it Ethiopia's last ever Emperor's 'disappearance', and not his death, refusing to believe he had passed away.
Teddy Dan, a Rastafarian artist and musician originally from Jamaica, plays with his dog next to artwork on the wall of his house
A Rasta man chats with a friend in Shashamane where land was set aside for descendants of African slaves to come home
Rastafarian and banana artist Bandi Payne who moved to Shashamane in 1994, works on a new art piece in his workshop
Pang Naptal (left) and his wife, Sister Judah (right), both Rastafarians from Trinidad, pose for a photograph in their shop
Rastafarian and banana artist Bandi Payne who moved to Shashamane in 1994, works on his latest piece of artwork
Teddy Dan, a Rastafarian artist and musician originally from Jamaica, works on a mural on the wall of his house
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A Rastafarian man wearing a rugby shirt poses for a photograph as he sits on the veranda of a Rastafarian museum
Teddy Dan, a Rastafarian artist and musician originally from Jamaica, holds a mobile phone playing a music video in which he is performing
Sister Judah, a Rastafarians from Trinidad, gestures in the shop she owns with her husband in Shashamane, Ethiopia
Twi men hang around the entrance to the Twelve Tribes of Israel - a popular Rastafarian religious centre in the community
Pang Naptal, a Rastafian originally from Trinidad, beams with pride as he stands in the dance hall he owns in the community
A Rastafarian woman reacts to the camera as she poses in front of some trees and tall corrugated iron wall
Susan Hadlum a Rastafarian originally from Coventry who has been in Ethiopia for three years, sweeps the veranda in the house she shares with her partner Valbert and their son Isaac
A Rastafarian man bangs a drum used during religious ceremonies, in a Rastafarian museum in Shashamane, Ethiopia
A picture of former Ethiopian ruler Emperor Haile Selassie is displayed on a wall near the Nyabinghi Tabernacle Centre
Pictures of Ethiopian EmporerHaile Selassie made by Rastafarian and banana artist Bandi Payne are displayed in his workshop
Bandi Payne who has lived in Shashamane for 23 years, stands at the entrance to his compound guarded by corrugated iron
Rastafarian artist and musician originally from Jamaic Teddy Dan works on a mural on the wall of his house in Shashamane
A Rastafarian woman (right) originally from Trinidad cooks West Indian food in the restaurant she owns in Shashamane
Susan Hadlum and Valbert McCook, a Rastafarian couple originally from Coventry, chat on the veranda of their house
Susan Hadlum, Valbert McCook and their son Isaac, a Rastafarian family originally from Coventry, pose for a photograph
A Rastafarian woman originally from Trinidad dishes up West Indian food into a plastic box in the kitchen of her restaurant
Bandi Payne's dog sprawled across the floor surrounded by materials in his master's workshop, whose busy on a new piece
A sign displaying the laws of the Nazarite - an Israelite who was consecrated to the service of God - which include alcohol abstention and growing hair
Bandi Payne with a portrait of former ruler Emperor Haile Selassie who donated 500 acres of land to allow members of the Rastafari movement and settlers from Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean to go to Africa
Pictures and a banner featuring the late Bob Marley and the history of cannabis are displayed in a Rastafarian museum
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4172438/Inside-homes-Ethiopian-Rastas.html#ixzz4XGj0BgPB
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