Children’s Rastafarian Alphabet

A is for Africa (Homeland, Repatriate to)
B is for Babylon (wicked Empire, exiled in)
C is for the Caribbean (carib, one of aboriginal inhabitants of Southern West Indian islands)
D is for Dreadlocks (long matted strands of hair for religious reasons)
E is for Ethiopia (Cush –first land mentioned in the Bible)
F is for Freedom (liberation, abolition of transatlantic slave trade)
G is for Garvey (Marcus Garvey, Rastafarian prophet. One of Founding Father of Pan Africanism)
H is for Haille Sellassie (Emperor Of Ethiopia, Rasta God In Person)
I is for I’n’I (God within us)
J is for Jah (Jehovah, God)
K is for Kaya (controversial drug. Holy herb. Marijuana)
L is Livingstone, Neville (Bunny Wailer, part of Reggae group with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh)
M is for Bob Marley (Reggae genius, Rastafarian ambassador)
N is for Nyahbingi (mantra, drums)
O is for Obeah (magic or sorcery)
P is for Psalms (book in Old Testament)
Q is for Queen Of Sheba (had child Ebna Hakim with King Solomon, lineage of Selassie)
R is for Reggae (popular form of music originating in Jamaica)
S is for Semayat, Wolde (Peter Tosh, member of wailers, solo Rastafarian musician)
T is for Tafari (title of Sellassie, given name)
U is for Universal Negro Improvement Association (Garvey’s worldwide mass Black Movement)
V is for Valley of The Shadow of Death (Dread hour of death, Psalm xxiii)
W is for the West Indies (group of Caribbean islands)
X is for Xylobalsamum (dried twigs of balm of Gilead tree)
Y is for Yard (Home. Dwelling, Jamaica i.e. Back-a -yard)
Z is for Zion (Heaven, the Heavenly Jerusalem)

By Raymond Enisuoh