{"product_id":"visions-of-zion-2","title":"Visions of Zion","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003e\nreggae song after reggae song Bob Marley and other reggae singers speak of the\u003cbr\u003e\nPromised Land of Ethiopia. “Repatriation is a must!” they cry. The Rastafari\u003cbr\u003e\nhave been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica in\u003cbr\u003e\n1930s. They consider it the Promised Land, and repatriation is a\u003cbr\u003e\ncornerstone of their faith. Though Ethiopians see Rastafari as immigrants, the\u003cbr\u003e\nRastafari see themselves as returning members of the Ethiopian diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn Visions of Zion, Erin C. MacLeod offers the first in-depth\u003cbr\u003e\ninvestigation into how Ethiopians perceive Rastafari and\u003cbr\u003e\nRastafarians within Ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant\u003cbr\u003e\ncommunity plays within Ethiopian society.\u003cbr\u003e\nRastafari\u003cbr\u003e\nare unusual among migrants, basing their movements on spiritual rather than\u003cbr\u003e\neconomic choices. This volume offers those who study the movement a broader\u003cbr\u003e\nunderstanding of the implications of repatriation. Taking the Ethiopian\u003cbr\u003e\nperspective into account, it argues that migrant and diaspora identities\u003cbr\u003e\nare the products of negotiation, and it illuminates the implications of this\u003cbr\u003e\nnegotiation for concepts of citizenship, as well as for our understandings of\u003cbr\u003e\npan-Africanism and south-south migration. Providing a rare look at migration to a non-Western country, this volume\u003cbr\u003e\nalso fills a gap in the broader immigration studies literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Erin C. MacLeod","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573457649846,"sku":"9781479890996","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781479890996.jpg?v=1712136597","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/visions-of-zion-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}