(12 Jan 2001) Many people think they know who Rastafarians are and how they originated, but the traditional image of a dreadlocked and drug smoking Jamaican listening to Bob Marley records is just one part of the answer. The Rastafarians' roots - which the dreadlocks symbolise - are tied to Ethiopia, whose late emperor, Haile Selassie, was a pioneer of black rule in Africa. The Rastafarians took their name from him, but he was no 'Rasta' himself and while he and some western Blacks tried to encourage a 'Back to Africa' movement, they met with little success.
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