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Summary: Routes and Roots
Review: During the course of slavery, Africans throughout the so-called new world found in Ethiopia a symbol of hope, light, and promise. Just over a century ago, African-Americans, West Indians and continental Africans celebrated the defeat of Italian would-be colonialists at Adwa. And a few short years before the Spanish conflict which heralded the Second World War, African-Americans fought pitched battles in Manhattan against pro-fascist Italian supporters of Mussolini. South of them, the first generation of Rastafarians joined to celebrate the coronation of Ras Tafari as Emperor Haile Selassie I.So you see, we've had an interest in Ethiopia for quite some time, those of us in bondage. And in A Rasta's Pilgrimage, Neville Garrick has accomplished a unique dual task: he has shown us the face of contemporary Ethiopia whilst revealing a nation steeped in history. This book is a PanAfrican travelouge, a stunning mediatation on the beauty and connections of Africans throughout the world by an artist of longtime Rasta faith. It is quite simply a beautiful book. Check it out.
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Summary: Routes and Roots
Review: During the course of slavery, Africans throughout the so-called new world found in Ethiopia a symbol of hope, light, and promise. Just over a century ago, African-Americans, West Indians and continental Africans celebrated the defeat of Italian would-be colonialists at Adwa. And a few short years before the Spanish conflict which heralded the Second World War, African-Americans fought pitched battles in Manhattan against pro-fascist Italian supporters of Mussolini. South of them, the first generation of Rastafarians joined to celebrate the coronation of Ras Tafari as Emperor Haile Selassie I. So you see, we've had an interest in Ethiopia for quite some time, those of us in bondage. And in A Rasta's Pilgrimage, Neville Garrick has accomplished a unique dual task: he has shown us the face of contemporary Ethiopia whilst revealing a nation steeped in history. This book is a PanAfrican travelouge, a stunning mediatation on the beauty and connections of Africans throughout the world by an artist of longtime Rasta faith. It is quite simply a beautiful book. Check it out.
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Summary: a few informative pictures...
Review: I have to admit I was somewhat dissapointed by this book. I bought it mostly for the pictures but was also interested in seeing the country through a rasta's perspective. The text was somewhat informative but there was really not too unique about the information in there. There are definitely quite a few pictures, however I didnt think any of them were all that spectacular. Despite all this I would still give a lukewarm recommendation due to the fact that it is a book about Ethiopia, which isnt to easy to find. Keep in mind this is just my opinion, others may really enjoy it, I guess it just wasnt geared towards what I was looking for.
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Summary: Photos Tell of Rastafarian's Journey to Spiritual Home
Review: In the fall of 1996, Rastafarian photographer Neville Garrick fulfilled the dream of a lifetime by traveling to his spiritual homeland, Ethiopia. A Rasta's Pilgrimage, a new book by Pomegranate, is the story of Garrick's journey. Told through 118 vibrant, four-color photographs and memoir-style text interwoven, the book unveils an image of a country where, in Garrick's words, "God lives". Contradicting the familiar images of a famine-stricken, war-torn Ethiopia, A Rasta's Pilgrimage shows a land distinguished by breathtaking natural beauty, fascinating cultural monuments and a lovely, warm people. Beginning in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, the book traces Garrick's trip to the fertile valley of Shashemane-an area set aside by the Emperor Haile Selassie for the repatriation of Western blacks, the thundering majesty of the Blue Nile Falls, and to Axum, the birthplace of Ethiopian civilization and the home of the church that houses the original Ark of the Covenant. The book follows Garrick as he steps carefully among the ruins of seventeenth century castles, walks the cool aisles of mural-decorated churches, and gazes in admiration at the lovely artifacts and monuments of the Ethiopian regions of Gondar, Lalibela, Dire Dawa, Axum, and Harar. Born of a back-to-Africa movement inspired by the teachings of Marcus Garvey, Rastafari evolved into a full-fledged-if outcast-religion by the 1960s. To Rastas Ethiopia is a spiritual sanctuary; a place of returning, regaining, and belonging.
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Summary: a few informative pictures...
Review: Neville Garrick should receive praises for dis book. Ihi never see no book that shows de beauty, de glory, and de power of Africa like dis one. I think dat dis book also shows not just dreads but coptic dread, orthodox dread, etc... I hope unu pick up dis book and marvel in its journey. Praise to the most HIGH.
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Summary: A Book for All of JAHs I-dren to read
Review: Neville Garrick should receive praises for dis book. Ihi never see no book that shows de beauty, de glory, and de power of Africa like dis one. I think dat dis book also shows not just dreads but coptic dread, orthodox dread, etc... I hope unu pick up dis book and marvel in its journey. Praise to the most HIGH.
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