Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta -- Bill Blade Howell, Hardcover
Jamaican journalists coined a name for the group: the "Ras Tafarites," or "Rastas." Howell was arrested several times and was eventually found guilty of sedition and sentenced to prison for two years of hard labor. In 1940, Howell and his growing group of followers moved to an old estate in the parish of St. Catherine. They named their land Pinnacle, and for the next sixteen years built a self-reliant community that would ultimately give birth to the Rastafari movement.
In 1942, Leonard Howell's wife Tenneth gave birth to their second child, who they named Bill. In Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta, Bill "Blade" Howell offers his firsthand account of this utopian community that suffered near-constant persecution from Jamaican authorities. Howell also dispels many misguided notions about the origins of Rastafari culture, including allegations of sexism and homophobia. Pinnacle was built on egalitarian principles, and steered clear of all religious dogma.
Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta provides a crucial and highly informed new perspective on the Rastafari subculture that Bob Marley would later help to spread across the globe. The volume includes photographs and original documents related to Pinnacle.
Author: Bill Blade Howell
Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
Published: 08/06/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781636141725
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/06/2024
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2024
Product Tags:
African American & Black, Akashic Books, Bill Blade Howell, Biography & Autobiography, Caribbean & West Indies, Hardcover, History, History - General History, Jamaica, Ltd., Rastafarian ethics, Social HistoryContact form
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