PROMINENT Rastafari journalist, author and filmmaker Barbara Blake Hannah has questioned the lack of visibility of the Rasta woman.
She argued that while Rasta men can widely be seen, Rasta women seem to be an endangered species.
"The Rasta woman, has she become invisible? That's the question I ask as we sit here in the glory of our Rasta womanhood," she told guests at the annual Empress Menen awards banquet held at the Country Farmhouse inKingston
She noted that last year, the Women's Bureau honoured 60 women during their celebration of Women's Year, but not one Rasta woman was among them.
Against that background, she congratulated the Rastafari Youth Initiative Council for honouring 12 Rasta women each year for the past four years.
"It's very interesting that the fourth generation of Rasta youths are honouring first the Mothers, not the Fathers, the warriors, the most visible examples of Rastafari worldwide.
The youths in their wisdom chose to honour women first. And they have very good reason for doing that," she said.
"At the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, we pray to the Father and then we pray to the Mother, honour to her. Honour to Empress Menen who has been our light.
It is something quite significant and that's why we as sisters honoured Empress Menen as our example, as our icon, our leading female in the flesh," Blake Hannah, who was one of last year's honourees, said after reading a few words from Proverbs 31 on the virtuous woman. Read more..
She argued that while Rasta men can widely be seen, Rasta women seem to be an endangered species.
"The Rasta woman, has she become invisible? That's the question I ask as we sit here in the glory of our Rasta womanhood," she told guests at the annual Empress Menen awards banquet held at the Country Farmhouse in
She noted that last year, the Women's Bureau honoured 60 women during their celebration of Women's Year, but not one Rasta woman was among them.
Against that background, she congratulated the Rastafari Youth Initiative Council for honouring 12 Rasta women each year for the past four years.
"It's very interesting that the fourth generation of Rasta youths are honouring first the Mothers, not the Fathers, the warriors, the most visible examples of Rastafari worldwide.
The youths in their wisdom chose to honour women first. And they have very good reason for doing that," she said.
"At the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, we pray to the Father and then we pray to the Mother, honour to her. Honour to Empress Menen who has been our light.
It is something quite significant and that's why we as sisters honoured Empress Menen as our example, as our icon, our leading female in the flesh," Blake Hannah, who was one of last year's honourees, said after reading a few words from Proverbs 31 on the virtuous woman. Read more..
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