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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 1975

Rastafarians 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, emperor of Ethiopia.

Estimated to number between 700,000 and 1,000,000 globally, Rastafarian communities are located on almost every continent today. Their beliefs are spread through migration, reggae music, as well as print, visual and digital media.

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