ABSTRACT

In this article, I investigate the ways in which Rastafari discourse on repatriation to Africa – articulated through reggae music – engages utopianism to varying degrees based on the artists’ proximity to Ethiopia. I discuss reggae songs composed and recorded in Jamaica by five different artists/bands that engage Ethiopia-focused utopianism and compare these with songs composed and recorded by one of the most famous repatriated Rastafari reggae artists in Ethiopia, Sydney Salmon who engages Ethiopia-grounded utopianism. I show how proximity to Ethiopia shapes artistic motivations for and representations of a Rastafari utopia while highlighting continuities and variations in Rastafari utopianism.

摘要

在这篇文章中，我调查了拉斯塔法里关于遣返非洲的论述——通过雷鬼音乐表达——根据艺术家与埃塞俄比亚的接近程度，在不同程度上参与了乌托邦主义。我讨论了由五位不同的艺术家/乐队在牙买加创作和录制的雷鬼歌曲，这些艺术家/乐队从事以埃塞俄比亚为中心的乌托邦主义，并将这些歌曲与埃塞俄比亚最著名的遣返拉斯塔法里雷鬼艺术家之一，悉尼鲑鱼创作和录制的歌曲进行比较，他从事以埃塞俄比亚为基础的乌托邦主义. 我展示了与埃塞俄比亚的接近如何塑造了拉斯塔法里乌托邦的艺术动机和表现形式，同时突出了拉斯塔法里乌托邦主义的连续性和变化。