The Bobo Ashanti (also variously called Bobo Shanti and Bobo Shanty), also known as the Ethiopian African Black International Congress (E.A.B.I.C), is a religious group originating in Bull Bay near Kingston, Jamaica. [1]
The Bobo Ashanti are one of the strictest Mansions of Rastafari. They cover their dreadlocks with bright turbans and wear long robes and can usually be distinguished from other Rastafari members because of this.[2] While some Nyabinghi and Twelve Tribe of Israel Rastas drink wine and are either vegetarians or omnivores (eating plants, animals, and fungi), the Bobo Ashanti are all strictly vegan and stick to the biblical restrictions regarding their vow; they also add extra restrictions to their diet, e.g. they do not eat mangoes or sugarcane. Twice each week and on the first Sunday of every month, the Bobos fast. Almost all songs and tributes within the community end with the phrase "Holy Emmanuel I Selassie I Jah I Rastafari." "I" symbolizes unity.[3] Bobo Ashanti do smoke marijuana like the other mansions of Rastafari, but do not do so in public because it is a sacred practice to be done at times of worship.[4] Even though it is the "holy herb", production is not allowed in the Bobo Shanti commune as marijuana used to be illegal in Jamaica, although it is now legal for use by Rastafari.[5]
^Montlouis, Nathalie (2013). "Lords and empresses in and out of Babylon: the EABIC community and the dialectic of female subordination". Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^"Religions - Rastafari: Bobo Shanti". BBC.co.uk. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^Gansinger, Martin (4 December 2017). Radical Religious Thought in Black Popular Music: Five Percenters and Bobo Shanti in Rap and Reggae. Anchor. p. 21. ISBN 9783960671985.
^"Religions - Rastafari: Bobo Shanti". BBC.co.uk. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^Montlouis, Nathalie (2013). "Lords and empresses in and out of Babylon: the EABIC community and the dialectic of female subordination". Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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