Interwoven into the pictorial images of many Rastafarians in their natural surroundings are twelve collage like texts (The Setting For The Scenario) which explain elements of history, the beginning of the movement, concerns of the contemporary life, merging religion and politics, questioning mores, breaking the old conventions and creating a new image for the millennium. It is the collective experience of the IHI and IHI, the revolutionary spirit which is Rastafari. There are selected Biblical passages and a collection of prose and poetry from many leading Rastafarian poets. Dub poets and sisters with their poems of protest and liberation. There is creative text about Ethiopia and the return to Mother Africa, about His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Ganjah as their religious sacrament, Babylon, texts about Jamaica and Rastafari explain their ideals and aspirations . |
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