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Relocating a Sacred Space: From Mount Zion to the New Jerusalem in the Mystic Poetry of Rastafari

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Discography

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Filmography

  • Battaglia, Giorgio. 2012. Rastaman Land: Il viaggio di Bob Marley in Etiopia. Independent production.
  • Henzell, Perry. 1972. The Harder They Come. International Films Inc.
  • Jobson, Dickie. 1982. Countryman. Island.

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