ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates Rastafari in Zimbabwe is generally homophobic in spite of its rhetoric of One Love. In general, Rastafari is regarded as a new religious movement that emerged in Jamaica as a distinct religious expression of liberation among the oppressed and marginalised black ex-slaves who experienced poverty and cultural alienation in the lowest stratum of the Caribbean society due to colonialism and racial discrimination. Therefore, Rastafari emerged as a protest and anti-structural movement to Babylon inspired by the Ethiopianist and Pan-Africanist ideas of Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican Black Nationalist and evangelical preacher. The nature and forms of Rastafari cultural identities have attracted diverse perspectives in society. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Bible has been employed in the literal and selective sense that justifies popularly created stereotypes against homosexuality. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Bible has been employed in the literal and selective sense that justifies popularly created stereotypes against homosexuality.
