Abstract:Afropessimism is a programming developed through the global and hegemonic structures of white supremacy. As theorists of African liberation, Rastafari deems it necessary to focus on the destruction of "Babylon" or oppressive Western modernity. The movement offers an important African diasporan voice of Afro-optimism that has been variously suppressed and disregarded. In this context of metanarratives of Afropessimism, deemed "History" or what Marley [1989. One Bright Day. CD. Los Angeles: Virgin Records Americ… Show more
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