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Rasta, n.2|ˈræstə|
Also rasta.
[Shortened form of Rastafari or Rastafarianism).]
a. = Rastafarian n.b. = Rastafarianism. Freq. attrib. and Comb. Hence ˈRastaman, a (male) Rastafarian.
1955G. E. Simpson in Social Forces XXXIV. ii. 167/1 The ‘Rasta’ people consider Marcus Garvey..as the forerunner of their movement. 1960M. G. Smith et al. Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica 11 Those people who worshipped the Emperor and were locally known as ‘Ras Tafaris’ or ‘Rastamen’ came to describe themselves as ‘Niyamen’. 1962Listener 1 Feb. 209/1 There are other Rastas, fanatic and militant, whose ideology is a blend of myth, religion, anarchistic politics, and black nationalism. 1965I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun vi. 84 ‘You carry a gun?’ ‘Of course. You don't go after the Rastas without one.’ 1966[see locksman2]. 1976Boot & Thomas Jamaica 79/1 Rasta is not just some half-witted heretic sect selling space in the hereafter. Ibid. 93/1 Why should a Rastaman lift a finger to participate in a society that thinks he's just some poor dope-fiend with fried spinach for brains? 1976New Musical Express 27 Mar. 19/6 Doris Day's son Terry Melcher and ex-Beach Boy Bruce Johnston scraping the bottom of the barrel with this well known primary school rasta chant. 1977McKnight & Tobler Bob Marley ii. 31 Remember the words of the song Jah Live, a Rasta-minded admonishment to all those who suggest that Selassie's physical and merely temporal death might represent the death of the living God. 1977Westindian World 3–9 June 13/3 They are also reflections of Tosh's world view; a combination of Pan African nationalism and rasta mysticism. |