@article{fdi:010067472,
  title = {{T}he return to {E}thiopia of the {T}welve {T}ribes of {I}srael},
  author = {{B}onacci, {G}iulia},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}wenty-eight years ago, {F}.{J}. van {D}ijk published in the {N}ew {W}est {I}ndian {G}uide what remained for a long time the only scholarly paper on the {T}welve {T}ribes of {I}srael. {U}ndoubtedly the largest {R}astafari organization both in terms of membership and international expansion, the {T}welve {T}ribes of {I}srael remains little known in public and academic circles. {T}his article fills two major but closely related gaps in {V}an {D}ijk's seminal article. {T}he first is information on the formation and history of the {T}welve {T}ribes, and the second is how the organization mobilized the return of members to {A}frica, a cornerstone of {R}astafari belief. {T}his article argues that the issue of return to the continent determined the very genesis of the organization and subsequently the development of its eighteen international branches. {I}n its turn, this focus on return to {A}frica offers another perspective on the internal dynamics of the {R}astafari movement, namely the structuring role of {R}astafari organizations, a role which challenges the common image of {R}astafari as an "acephalous" movement. {E}xploring the tangible relationship of {R}astafari with {E}thiopia, through the return to {E}thiopia of members of the {T}welve {T}ribes of {I}srael, offers new insight into the history of the {R}astafari movement.},
  keywords = {{ETHIOPIE} ; {JAMAIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ew {W}est {I}ndian {G}uide},
  volume = {90},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {1--27},
  ISSN = {1382-2373},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1163/22134360-09001052},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067472},
}