{"product_id":"honoring-our-original-ancestors-a-royal-ethiopic-salute-to-the-gong-the-howellites-the-first-rastafari-announcer-rastafari-community-by-ras-e-s-p-mcpherson","title":"Honoring Our Original Ancestors: A Royal Ethiopic Salute to \"The Gong\"\/The Howellites - The First Rastafari Announcer\/Rastafari Community by Ras E.S.P. McPherson","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eThis is a paperback book that details the origins of Rastafari culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eKey Details:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCover Design:\u003c\/b\u003e The front cover features a yellow-to-orange gradient background. It displays three small portraits at the top (including Emperor Haile Selassie I) and a larger central portrait of a man, likely Leonard Howell (\"The Gong\"), set within a black circle. The back cover continues the gradient and features three logos, including one for \"The Ethiopian National Front (E.N.F.)\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ras E.S.P. McPherson. The synopsis on the back is dated July 2008 by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eContent\/Synopsis:\u003c\/b\u003e The back cover describes the book as a \"historic literary source\" that tells the story of the beginnings of Rastafari culture in Jamaica. It discusses the need for a \"Pan-African historiography\" and explores the transatlantic link of the \"Bakongo Culture\" to Jamaica via \"Kumina\/Cumina,\" which served as the cosmological base for the Howellites, identified as the first Rastafari community. The author advocates for the inclusion of \"Rastaology: A Cultural Science\" in educational curricula in Jamaica, the Caribbean, and the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAffiliation:\u003c\/b\u003e The back cover notes this work is part of \"An ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL FRONT EDUCATION \u0026amp; RESEARCH, ARTS \u0026amp; SCIENCE FOUNDATION\" and the \"Ethio-Rastaology Educational Program\/'ORDER OF THE PRECEPTS'\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublishers:\u003c\/b\u003e Published by ENF Publishers, Productions, \u0026amp; Distributors International, located in Bronx, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCopyright:\u003c\/b\u003e February 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Umoja Urban Culture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54533573935426,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/1999\/1874\/files\/IMG_0015.jpg?v=1781198318","url":"https:\/\/umoja-urban-culture-2.myshopify.com\/products\/honoring-our-original-ancestors-a-royal-ethiopic-salute-to-the-gong-the-howellites-the-first-rastafari-announcer-rastafari-community-by-ras-e-s-p-mcpherson","provider":"Umoja Urban Culture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}