Culture Articles
Concerts, Culture, Music
Slideshow: Power to the Peaceful 2010
Power to the Peaceful Festival
September 10, 11, 12, 2010
Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
September 11, 2010
As the early morning fog lifted, over a thousand yogis saluted the sun and visualized peace, setting up ...
Culture, Music
The “Real Revolutionary’s” Guide to Bob Marley’s Star
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First published in 2001, this piece was written by Gregory Stephens for Jahworks.org. On the anniversary of Bob Marley's birth, it made sense to re-publish.
Twenty years after ...
Activism, Culture, Travel
The Value of Host Families in the Gap
Woke up this morning to the peaceful sounds of life in Hagley Gap, Jamaica: Children running around playing with odds and ends; Women making their way to the river for water, passing gossip along ...
Culinary Arts, Culture
The People Nominate Local Chef for National Award
Chef Clive Barnes of Sweet Fingers Jamaican Restaurant in San Leandro, California, was recently nominated as a Nightline People's Platelist Finalist. San Leandro is the city south of Oakland, and across the Bay from ...
Activism, Culture, Literature and Books, Spirituality
Prison Rastafari Center Seeks Resources and Community
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The Universal Order of Jah Rastafarian Healing Center was founded at the Angola State Prison in Louisiana. Inmates in the Center have no access to the Internet, ...
Sex and Relationships
Ghanaian Man Seeks Rastafari Woman
We, here at JahWorks.org, often get letters from readers and fans across the globe. This letter particularly caught our attention because of its sincerity. Kojo, in Ghana, is a 24-year-old male, looking to share ...
Music, Reggae, Spirituality
Bob Marley at 61
"The spirit of community, is the greatest feeling of humanity" --Bob Marley
Bob Marley's story is one of the 20th century's most powerful and compelling human dramas. A profound songwriter and a prolific musician, Marley ...