Shawn-Naphtali Sobers

Dr Shawn-Naphtali Sobers is Associate Professor of Lens Based Media at the University of the West of England and the Curator of the Tafari Gallery, Fairfield House, Bath. Shawn is a member of the Rastafari faith, and writing this article from insider knowledge and experience.

Language and resistance: memories of slavery and Rastafari language

Language within the Rastafari culture, known as Iyaric, or Word Sound, has been formed in resistance to the effects of white supremacist domination as it manifest in slavery and colonisation.

By Shawn-Naphtali Sobers

/ 29 Aug 2016

Language and resistance: memories of slavery and Rastafari language

Language within the Rastafari culture, known as Iyaric, or Word Sound, has been formed in resistance to the effects of white supremacist domination as it manifest in slavery and colonisation.

By Shawn-Naphtali Sobers

/ 29 Aug 2016