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Rastafarians gathering for the 131st birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie are still grappling with his reported death in 1966

  • Written by Charles A. Price, Associate Professor of Education and Human Development, Temple University
Rastafarians gathering for the 131st birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie are still grappling with his reported death in 1966Rastafarians drum and sing during a special prayer and worship meeting at Menengai forest in Kenya.James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The week of July 23, 2023, thousands of Rastafarians, known for their dreadlocks and for treating cannabis as a sacrament, will gather in Jamaica to celebrate the birth of Haile Selassie I,...

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