Rastafari or Rastafarianism is a socio-cultural movement with a religious character that is very popular in Jamaica. He is also the Rasta or his follower. The name comes from the Ethiopic language Ge'ez and is a recognition of the last emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie I, whose title and name before the coronation in 1930 was ras Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael. Ras Tafari (4651; 4661; 4720; 4936; 4650; "Respectable Prince") was considered a messiah foretold by the Ethiopian preacher Marcus Mosiah Garvey, and his lineage was a direct descendant of King Solomon. See Marley, reggae.
