RastafarI Women: Subordination in the Midst of Liberation Theology

by Obiagele Lake

In this book, Obiagele Lake reveals the various ways that Rastafarian women are politically and culturally marginalized. In popular culture, many people view Rastafarians as a revolutionary movement at the vanguard of Diaspora African liberation. Lake challenges these contentions by exposing the lack of Rastafarian political involvement on a national scale and by addressing their regressive stance on the position of women. This timely book utilizes RastafarI as a microcosm of Diaspora African organizations which, in general, tend to ignore the relegation of women as second-class citizens.

214 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998

Reviews

[Anurag Ansari-Lahiri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lake is a little too victim-blaming and militant for my taste... I'd rather read a pragmatic feminist critique.