{"product_id":"pinnacle-the-lost-paradise-of-rasta-hardcover","title":"Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Blade Howell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHélène Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIN 1932, A JAMAICAN MAN NAMED LEONARD PERCIVAL HOWELL\u003c\/strong\u003e began leading nonviolent protests against British colonial rule. Adding a religious element to Marcus Garvey's message of African independence, he founded an organization called the Ethiopian Salvation Society. Though informed by Christian values, Howell made a significant break from the Bible and extended the idea of divinity to a living man, Emperor Haile Selassie I, the king of Ethiopia since 1930.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabeled as \"seditious,\" and becoming a target for police harassment, Howell and his followers moved in 1940 to an old estate in the parish of St. Catherine. They named their land Pinnacle, and for the next sixteen years built a self-reliant, egalitarian community. Jamaican journalists coined a name for the growing group: the \"Ras Tafarites,\" or \"Rastas.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta\u003c\/em\u003e, Bill \"Blade\" Howell--born in Pinnacle in 1942--offers his firsthand account of this utopian settlement that would ultimately give birth to the Rastafari movement. Here, he provides a crucial and highly informed new perspective on the Rastafari subculture that Bob Marley would later help to spread across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885552218264,"sku":"9781636141725","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/lLUDUIqv1W9781636141725.webp?v=1782979085","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/pinnacle-the-lost-paradise-of-rasta-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}