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This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of Rastafari influence in Afro-Caribbean cultures. The use of marijuana in economic development is explored. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: KW60_KFganja2.doc
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production is diminished in such societies; without production, how could such groups sustain life? Many view this issue as one of tension between Afro-Caribbean cultural perceptions of wage-based work and
capitalist values and the material need to survive and propagate into the future. However, there are historical indications that means of production can be integrated into such societies in a
culturally cohesive manner. One of the most obvious manifestations of such a practice is the manner in which Rastafari culture brought a marijuana-based economy to the Afro-centric limes of Trinidad,
Tobago, and areas of the United States such as San Fernando. This paragraph helps the student introduce the text being analyzed throughout the rest of the paper. This phenomenon
is exhaustively documented by academic Ansley Hamid in his text "The Ganja Complex". This book represents some two decades of research and considers the socio-cultural dimension, as well as the
economic dimension, or the impact Rastafari and its marijuana economy had in Afro-Caribbean communities. The primary theme of the text is the use of marijuana as a cultural touchstone by
which the Afro-centric limes could be utilized as a productive force for the distribution and sale of marijuana (Hamid, 2002). Importantly, this was a form of production and commerce that
was compatible with the values of the liming community, and thusly served as a pre-capitalist means of production for such communities. Additionally, the influence of ganja (marijuana) would also impact
the Black Power Revolution of 1970 and the dissemination of Rastafari culture into the United States and Europe. The Afro-Caribbean communities of Trinidad and Tobago are at the core
of the texts premise. They provide the foundation through which marijuana economy is able to find its force of labor. In such communities, a central value is "liming", or the
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