Dread History:
The African Diaspora,
Ethiopianism, and Rastafari


Entrance to Bobo Dread Camp, (Ethiopian African International Congress)
Bull Bay, Jamaica

Pictured here is the Bobo Dread camp, known formally as the Ethiopian African International Congress. While this particular sect of Rastafari originated in West Kingston, Jamaica, it now has branches in New York, Miami, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

photograph by Jake Homiak, Smithsonian Institution

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