Report
from the Atlanta Rastafari Community
at the
Third Annual Organic Fest, Saturday June 25, 2005
Rastafari Community, along with Rasses
from Washington DC and North Carolina, participated in the Third Annual
Organic Fest, Saturday June 25, 2005 at the Dunbar Neighborhood Center
in SW Atlanta.
The Organic Fest was presented by WRFG (“Radio Free Georgia”),
HABESHA & The Luv Garden and was hosted by Wanique Shabazz, Jason
Skywalker, The Herb Sistah, Chris Askew and Lou Brown. Performances were
made by Haile Ambessa, Common Ground Collective, Kwatamani roayal
Family, Eastern Standard Band, Emmanual Faces, Messenjah Selah, Suns of
Light, Ras Kimono and Ras Kofi. There were many other sponsors as well,
including The Destiny Agency and Expo Africa 2005, Everyone’s Noni,
blackgirl magazine, Rolling Out magazine, Jahteck Automotive, Vitamalt,
and “Back to Our Roots” Educational Tours. Ras Ishawn and Ras
Ishack of HABESHA, Inc provided Ital dinners using produce from their
organic gardening project. Not only was the food delicious, it was a
good fundraiser for HABESHA’s “Back To Our Roots” Education Tour
which is departing for Ghana and then Ethiopia, July 25, 2005. Ras
Kofi, who hosts a Rastafari radio program Friday nights from 11:00 pm to
2:00 am on WRFG 89.3, brought Rastafari roots reggae to the stage along
with Messenjah Selah, the Suns of Light, and Wash DC breddren Ras Kwasi.
Ras Kwasi accompanied Elder Mama Farika who attended the NCOBRA 16th
Annual Reparations Conference. Ras Jahaziel forwarded from North
Carolina to attend the event and was scheduled to show his recent video
work “The Lamentations of Mother Earth.” Ras Jaberi displayed some of the furniture and crafts which he is
manufacturing and teaching to youths as part of the Black Star Junior
Achievement Program. In addition, there was public meditation exercises,
poetry, and lots of vending. Overall, it was truly an ila
event. After the event, several Rastafari Breddren and Sistren
gathered to yant up Ises at the Organization of African American
Rastafari Unity (OAARU) headquarters.
Upcoming events sponsored by the Atlanta Rastafari Community
include:
July 20 Send off party for HABESHA Inc “Back to Our Roots”
Educational Tour to Ghana and Ethiopia (departs July 25, 2005)
July 22-28, 2005 HIM Haile Selassie I 113 Earthlight Ises, at the
Covington Ibernacle
July 23 Repatriation Census taking at the Covington Ibernacle; 1:00 to
2:00 pm
July 25 (Tentative) Adobe (Georgia Clay) House construction workshop
with YEA Soul Renaissance Project, Covington Ibernacle
July 27 and July 30, 2005 The Ethiopian World Federation Forum: The
Early Origins of the Ras Tafari Repatriation Movement in the United
States & The Rise of the Ethiopian World Federation.
For more info call:
Ras Jaberi (404) 272-4101
To contact HABESHA, Inc: habeshainc@hotmail.com
(678) 760-1252
Also check: http://beta.communities.msn.co.za/OAARU
