the Rastas. The reggae explosion of the 1970s further ensured Rastafaris place in world culture. Garveyism and Rastafari are both important movements for Jamaicans and blacks alike. Garvey spoke up for a people who were without a voice in the European, white world. He cried for solidarity and pride in Africa and abroad. Garveyism paved the way for political and social change by establishing the UNIA which showed the world that reform is necessary and possible. Rastafari found a jumping off point for an even larger movement which gave hope not only in the political and social aspects, but a new hope within the people of Jamaica and Africans everywhere. The spirituality of Rastafari sets it part from Garveyism in profound ways exemplified in the differing stances on Haile Selassies inauguration. For Garveys part in Rastafari, he is seen as a prophet; however, Garveyism never looked to change the hearts of the Jamaican people, only the minds....
