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RADICAL RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN BLACK POPULAR MUSI...

This book is discussing patterns of radical religious thought in popular forms of Black music.
The consistent influence of the Five Percent Nation on Rap music as one of the most esoteric
groups among the manifold Black Muslim movements has already gained scholarly attention.
However  it shares more than a strong pattern of reversed racism with the Bobo Shanti Order 
the most rigid branch of the Rastafarian faith  globally popularized by Dancehall-Reggae
artists like Sizzla or Capleton. Authentic devotion or calculated marketing? Apart from
providing a possible answer to this question  the historical shift of Bobo adherents from
shunned extremists to firmly anchored personifications of authenticity in mainstream
Rastafarian culture is being emphasized. A multi-layered comparative case study attempts to
shed light on the re-contextualization of language as well as expressed dogmatic perceptions
and symbolism  attitude towards other religious groups and aspects of ethnic discrimination.
Further analysis includes the visibility of artists and their references to practical and moral
issues directly derived from two obscure ideologies that managed to conquer airwaves and
concert halls.

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