Damascus moment: Day White supremacist came to kill Bob Marley, instead ‘saw the light’ in front of 15,000 reggae enthusiasts
Derek Mitchell was crying. The song ended. Bob turned away to continue the concert, but something irreversible had happened in those few minutes. Derek sat back down, his body shaking. The black father beside him, the same man Derek had been mentally categorising as an enemy two hours earlier, reached over and put a hand on Derek’s shoulder.
Day Baptist pastor derided Bob Marley as devil worshiper only for the Reggae artist’s ‘Amazing Grace’ to serve him a healthy dose of Jah love
Before Pastor Johnson could object, Bob began reciting from memory: “Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye meet, it shall be measured to you again.”
Building tabernacles in Nairobi explains why and how Rastafarian faith is rapidly gaining ground in Kenya
For Rastafarians, Ethiopia was a symbol of pride for its unbroken resistance to colonizers and Selassie was Jah, the deity.
