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Letter From His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, Chairman of the Ethiopian Crown Council, to The Rastafari Nation
The Importance of Water
Water is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories...
Hear the voice of the RasTafari chant Fire!
Fire is a chemical reaction called combustion that gives off light and heat. It is an example of the chemical process. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced. Flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide,...
What is Oxygen
Oxygen is an element that can be a solid, liquid or gas depending on its temperature and pressure. In the atmosphere it is found as a gas, more specifically, a diatomic gas. ... Both oxygen atoms and oxygen gas are reactive substances that are essential for life on...
THE GREAT RasTafari NATION Chronicle
Indomitable and Invulnerable Quidamani Haile Sellassie "What we may utter today can add little to the heroic struggle of those who by their example, have shown us how precious are freedom and human dignity and of how little value is life without them. Their deeds are...
Animal Ingredients in Foods
Ingredient What It Is Where You Find It Albumin The protein component of egg whites Processed foods Anchovies Small, silver-colored fish Worcestershire sauce, Caesar salad dressing Animal shortening Butter, suet, lard Packaged cookies and crackers, refried...
Animals Products in Vegan Food
Golden Krust Vegetable = Beef Suet (Suet is the raw, hard fat of beef or mutton found around the loins and kidneys). Yogurt You probably thought your yogurt's redness came from the strawberries. Nope. It comes from insects. Cochineals are insects that are grounded to...
20 toxic ingredients to avoid when buying body care products and cosmetics
Labels on cosmetics and body care products are a tough code to crack. The industry is so shockingly unregulated that it’s usually impossible to trust the claims that manufacturers place on their products. A word such as “natural” can be used by anyone for anything....
African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France
Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today?! Africa-France-relationship When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of french colonial empire, and opted for the country independence, the...
The Story of Lilith, Adams 1st Wife
Most people do not know that Adam had two wives. You can easily prove this to yourself by reading the two entirely different accounts of the creation of humans. Genesis 1:27 describe humans being created in God's image, male and female. "So God created humans...
Ethiopia and Angola Double Numbers of Girls in School Over a Decade
A report issued on Monday (November 18) by the African Child Policy Forum, a research institute based in Ethiopia, shows that the number of girls enrolling in primary school has soared across Africa in the last decade. With primary education now free in all but five...
Una Brown vs Garvey
Una Brown to Marcus Garvey [[200 West 113 Street, New York City, August 31st, 1936]] Hon. Marcus Garvey. Sir, I read your article in the August issue of the "Black Man" entitled "The Italian Conquest," also your unjust criticism of Emperor Haile...
“Dread” Locks Roots
The Hon. Neville ORiley Livingston (Bunny Wailer) in his reggae classic Rastaman said, “…That’s the strangest man I’ve seen, that’s because he’s a Rastaman; having the mark of a Nazarene…” The connection between Biblical justification and the dread locks worn by the...
Ras Sam Brown
Ras Sam Brown (16 December 1925-August 1998) was a Maverick, a Jamaican RasTafari elder well known in Kingston for his politics after he participated in the elections of 1961 with his Suffering People's Party. The first Rasta to ever stand for politics his influence...
Prophet Gad
Prophet Gad was born as Vernon Carrington on November 1, 1936. Prophet Gad founded the Twelve Tribes of Israel branch of the RasTafari movement in 1968. He was also a member of The Ethiopian World Federation (EWF Inc.) that was founded by Emperor Haile Sellassie 1st...
Rev. James Morris Webb
“LOOK TO AFRICA, WHEN A BLACK KING SHALL BE CROWNED” Many people believe that it was Marcus Garvey who in 1920, said ("Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is at hand"), came true in 1930, when Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned...
Rt. Hon. Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards
In this article I would like to examine the formative years of the EABIC and its Founder, Leader, Rt. Hon. Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards. Among the countless number of immortalized heroes, who have selflessly fought for the upliftment of our race, the Rt. Hon....
Alexander Bedward
Between 1891 and 1921, Alexander Bedward, an African-Jamaican healer, led the Jamaica Baptist Free Church in August Town, Jamaica, on the Hope River. Born in 1848 or 1850 at the present Matilda's Corner, then part of Hope Plantation in St. Andrew Parish, Bedward died...
The Honorable Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), an African man from the West Indies, was one of the first to articulate the concept of African nationalism - of black people returning to Africa, the continent of their forefathers, to build a great nation of their own. Garvey spent...
Ras Leonard Percival Howell – The First Rasta.
Ras Leonard Percival Howell was born June 16, 1898 in the Parish of Clarendon Jamaica, West Indies. He died on February 25, 1981 in Kingston, Jamaica. Known as The Gong or G.G. Gangunguru Maragh (for Gong Guru) he was a Jamaican religious figure. According to his...
Ras Mortimo St George Planno
Mortimo St George Planno was born 6th September 1929; married (two sons, one daughter); Transition to the realm of ancestor in Kingston, Jamaica 5 March 2006. Mortimo Planno aka Kumi was one of the most revered figures of the RasTafari movement. Crucial to the early...
Ras Joseph Nathaniel Hibbert
Ras Joseph Nathaniel Hibbert was born 1894 and died September 18, 1986. Along with Leonard Howell, Archibald Dunkley, and Robert Hinds, he was one of the first preachers of the Ras Tafari movement in Jamaica following the coronation of Ras Tafari as Emperor Haile...
Count Ossie
Highly popular and successful Jamaican drummer who played on some seminal early reggae records. Born Oswald Williams in the year1926, in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica, Count Ossie was a drummer, percussionist, and vocalist. The foundations of reggae and its...
Ras Boanerges’ aka Bongo Watto
Born, George Watson, in the parish of St. Mary Jamaica W.I. on July 1st, 1925. Ras Boanerges' aka Bongo Watto, similarly to many of the early Ras Tafari leaders was a street preacher. In fact he adopted the name Boanerges '(The sons of Thunder), from the Bible text...
Reparation for Mau Mau
After a long legal battle, the British government has apologized and agreed to pay £19.9 million (about $30 million) to thousands of Kenyans who were tortured between 1951 and 1962 in the Mau Mau uprising. One of the people tortured during the Kenyan conflict was...
Nyah Binghi Revealed
According to most including modern urban legend on the Ras Tafari Nation, which distorts real discourse and analysis, the word ‘Nyabinghi’ has a somewhat complicated history. It was originally associated with an uprising against White European colonialism in...
Queen Anna Nzingha
DARC celebrates our African historical personalities, discoveries, achievements and eras as proud people with rich culture, traditions and enlightenment spanning many centuries. A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE via:- QUEEN ANNA NZINGHA: THE FEARLESS AFRICAN AND ANGOLAN QUEEN...
Anthem & Creed
The Universal Ethiopian Anthem Ethiopia the land of our Fathers, The Land where our Gods love to be, As the swift bees to hive sudden gather, Thy children all gather to thee. With our Red, Gold and Green floating o’er us, With our Emperor to shield us from wrong, With...
The History of Ethiopia’s National Flag Ethiopia
The History of Ethiopia's National Flag Ethiopia had never been conquered by a colonial power and defeated the Italians, in their quest of an African colony, on 1 March 1896 at the Battle of Adwa (usually known as Adowa, or sometimes by the Italian name Adua), in...
Mandela on Haile Selassie
What do Haile Selassie and Mandela have in common? Among other things, both are Africa’s most prominent politicians who have come to be considered as inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Though one was a symbol of regal and feudal power and the other a...
Food For Taught – Ital Living
(The origin of “Vegan Living”) The contemporary ethics of eating, which is known as “Vegan,” is often erroneously accredited to Elsie Shrigley and Donald Watson in the history books. In August 1944, Elsie Shrigley and Donald Watson (a conscientious objector later to...
Gov’t Actively Looking Into Reforming Ganja Law
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Senior staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, October 28, 2013 JUSTICE Minister Senator Mark Golding has said active consideration is being given to reforming the law relating to ganja in Jamaica to allow its use, but within certain...
The Amazing History of the Hemp Plant
The Ras Tafari Nation have been murdered, beaten, prosecuted, imprisoned, humiliated and belittled more so than any other group of people for there association with Hemp. Known by an assortment of names including Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, Bhang, Dagga, Ganga,...
The Honorable Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), an African man from the West Indies, was one of the first to articulate the concept of African nationalism - of black people returning to Africa, the continent of their forefathers, to build a great nation of their own. Garvey spent...
GMO FAQs
What's a GMO? A GMO (genetically modified organism) is the result of a laboratory process of taking genes from one species and inserting them into another in an attempt to obtain a desired trait or characteristic, hence they are also known as transgenic organisms....
GMO
Since 1996, when genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were first introduced, we have seen a dramatic rise in the rates of food allergies, autism, reproductive disorders and digestive problems. Of course, companies like Monsanto, DuPont and Syngenta - which own...
Your Brain on Grain (How Gluten Impairs Brain Functioning
Despite a mountain of evidence demonstrating the negative health effects of gluten, the debate continues. For some time, “pro-gluten” health researchers would only agree that gluten impairs gut functioning in a small percentage of people. But a number of recent...
Myths about Cancer Exposed!
You probably hear a lot of conflicting information about cancer. There seem to be so many opinions about what causes it, who is at highest risk, and how you can beat it. Which ones are facts and which are myths? Some of the truths behind common misconceptions about...
The Alternative Doctor’s 3 Pillars for Beating Cancer
The Survival Triangle I call my three pillars to beat cancer the “survival triangle.” If you’re serious about keeping (or getting) cancer out of your life, follow these steps to better health. They are simple, proven fighters that will make you a winner against this...
How to make all-natural herbal toothpaste and toothpowder
Keeping a clean mouth isn't just important for pleasant-smelling breath but also increases your chance of maintaining overall good health. Many studies have linked oral health to a variety of diseases and conditions, some of which include endocarditis (infection of...
Toxic chemical triclosan commonly found in anti-bacterial soaps, toothpaste products
A chemical called triclosan poses a health risk, as it is a toxic compound which can promote cancer. The most shocking thing is that triclosan is commonly found in everyday consumer goods such as antibacterial soaps, deodorants, body washes, creams, lotions,...
Nail polish users exposed to chemical linked to paralysis, reproductive disorders, study finds
Most women like to indulge in a nice, relaxing manicure every once in awhile, which doesn't come as a surprised because, well, let's face it, who doesn't enjoy a good neck massage coupled with freshly painted nails? The nail trend is growing trendier, as American...
New “recycling” technology is actually CANNIBALISM: Dead people are liquefied, drained into city sewers, then dumped on food crops as “biosludge”
A new “recycling” technology called “bio-cremation” liquefies the dead, then dumps their liquid remains into city sewers where solid and liquid waste are collected as “biosludge” to be dumped on food crops. Those crops, in turn, are fed back to humans as part of the...
Rastafari Ordered to Vacate Pinnacle
Magistrate Vashti Chatoor 13/11/13 Tuesday November 19, 2013 On November 13, 2013 Resident Magistrate Vashti Chatoor in the Spanish Town RM Court ordered that Rastafari vacate the premises at Pinnacle by January 31, 2014. Pinnacle lot 199 the Pinnacle of Pinnacles was...
Ethiopia and Angola Double Numbers of Girls in School Over a Decade
18 NOVEMBER 2013 A report issued on Monday (November 18) by the African Child Policy Forum, a research institute based in Ethiopia, shows that the number of girls enrolling in primary school has soared across Africa in the last decade. With primary education now free...
Gov’t actively looking into reforming ganja law
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Senior staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, October 28, 2013 JUSTICE Minister Senator Mark Golding has said active consideration is being given to reforming the law relating to ganja in Jamaica to allow its use, but within...
Dominican court ruling renders hundreds of thousands stateless
The decision by the high court in the Dominican Republic to declare anywhere from 250,000 to 400,000 Dominicans who may have Haitian ancestry "not citizens" with a start date of birth of 1929 is simply appalling. Policiia Ovilsen (top, L), a Haitian-born immigrant to...
A Synapse Reggae Revolution
If there were to ever be a soundtrack to the long and valiant history of African liberation, DARC contends that the beat would be Ras Tafari Reggae music. No entity has contributed to the expansion of the Great Ras Tafari Nation as profoundly as Reggae. All of this...
Video of DARC Tribute to the Ancestors 2014
Join DARC in our inaugural Tribute to the Ancestors & Celebration of Life. Starting Feb 19, 2014 in the Island of Jamaica. This being the 1st in the annual commemoration for the martyrs of RasTafari. In fact His Imperial Majesty Haile Sellassie 1st designated this...
Full Track & Field Scholarship Available through DARC
Tena Yistiling; We the Diaspora African RasTafari Congress is pleased to inform you that we were granted two full athletic track and field scholarships. These scholarships are for middle, long distance or cross-country young women only although our preference is...
DARC is committed to help bring about the necessary changes thereby restoring dignity to the Great RasTafari Nation.